U21 World League

Soldiers Field
Spectators: 7686 (Terracing: 5765, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) Patrik Radnai made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 2nd minute, Sándor Markó hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to White Raven FC. getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Levente Bódi hit a great ball. 7 minutes into the game, Levente Bódi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. White Raven FC.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ares FC -MM- the free kick. In the 7th minute, Levente Bódi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, White Raven FC.'s Mátyás Balla got a free kick in the 10th minute. Ovidiu Dobrica fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Géza Budai having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in White Raven FC.'s zone, Ovidiu Dobrica stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Géza Budai came out of the goal and Ovidiu Dobrica tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cazimir Dijmărescu succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 18th playminute. Géza Budai made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Lucrețiu Gologan sent off a good shot on target. In the 23rd match minute, White Raven FC. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sándor Markó to maneuver through the defense. After 25 minutes of play, White Raven FC.'s Mátyás Balla made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Codrin Vancea was left in no man's land by his defense there! Codrin Vancea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Márton Baranyai in the 30th minute of the match. Levente Bódi hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 38th minute, Tibor Bódi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Lucrețiu Gologan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Mátyás Balla managed to get in a good position for a shot. White Raven FC.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Mátyás Balla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Codrin Vancea breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ovidiu Dobrica in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Géza Budai saved White Raven FC. from getting behind. Géza Budai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ovidiu Dobrica in the 59th minute of the match. Ilie Ciociu struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Géza Budai didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ares FC -MM-. In the 65th minute Ovidiu Dobrica shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Géza Budai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, White Raven FC.'s Codrin Vancea threw himself towards the right post 68 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Patrik Radnai, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 70 minutes into the game, Tibor Bódi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. White Raven FC.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ares FC -MM- the free kick. In the 71st minute, Cazimir Dijmărescu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ares FC -MM- fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patrik Radnai in the 76th minute of play forced Ares FC -MM-'s goalkeeper Codrin Vancea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. White Raven FC. were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after Ares FC -MM-'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tibor Bódi took the corner. Basarab Stejaru tried in the 77th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Codrin Vancea a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 3-2. Ares FC -MM-'s Codrin Vancea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Ares FC -MM- from getting a goal against them. Ovidiu Dobrica's late challenge caught a White Raven FC.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ovidiu Dobrica helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of White Raven FC. booed when Ares FC -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ovidiu Dobrica didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ovidiu Dobrica received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Géza Budai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Egon Dávid's late challenge caught a Ares FC -MM-'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Egon Dávid helped the player get up and apologised. After 89 minutes of play, Ares FC -MM-'s Ovidiu Dobrica made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Géza Budai was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 95thth minute of the game Lucrețiu Gologan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but White Raven FC.'s Géza Budai was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ares FC -MM- were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of White Raven FC. for a fine match.