World League

The Den
Spectators: 10832 (Terracing: 8125, Seating: 2491, VIP seats: 216) Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Zhao Sen Yang started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With his leg Diki Doro managed to avoid a goal in the 3rdth minute, when Golden Lions FC's Bebben Johansson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 5 minutes into the game, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Zhao Sen Yang nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Anders Lundqvist made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Golden Lions FC's Markus Svensson quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Emil Wielopolski, made in the 8th minute of the game. Diki Doro made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Markus Svensson sent off a good shot on target. 15 minutes into the match, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Markus Svensson came free, but Diki Doro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Golden Lions FC's Markus Svensson in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalie prevented a goal. Golden Lions FC were awarded a corner in the 16th minute after Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigvard Dahlkvist took the corner. The corner ended in Marcelo Steven almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Diki Doro did a great save. Diki Doro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bebben Johansson in the 19th minute. Diki Doro made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when İbrahim Efe Topdemir sent off a good shot on target. A sloppy throw-in by Georg Termander in the 38th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Petre Iftode. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Zhao Sen Yang got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 41 minutes into the match, Markus Svensson notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Diki Doro. Diki Doro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- booed when Golden Lions FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kálmán Balogh didn't get a good kick on the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Markus Svensson was the one to do the kick off. Diki Doro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from İbrahim Efe Topdemir in the 56th minute of play. 58 minutes in the game Dacian Tilea did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Zhao Sen Yang. Diki Doro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelo Steven in the 59th minute of the match. In the 63rd minute, Zhao Sen Yang ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anders Lundqvist was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. The audience was convinced that Zhao Sen Yang's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anders Lundqvist was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Markus Svensson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Diki Doro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Golden Lions FC made a substitution. Cosme Larpe replaced Marcelo Steven. Anders Lundqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zhao Sen Yang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 82nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Golden Lions FC's goalkeeper Anders Lundqvist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Diki Doro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bebben Johansson in the 84th minute of the match. In the 88thth minute of the game Burç Tokhan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Diki Doro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Diki Doro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leo Strömbom, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Diki Doro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Burç Tokhan in the 94th minute of play. When Golden Lions FC's Burç Tokhan in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalie prevented a goal. In the 95th match minute, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Petre Iftode to maneuver through the defense. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Grigore Maghiran was substituted for İlhami Akyazıcı. Petre Iftode hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.