World League

Borea
Spectators: 7441 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 148) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ernesto Minichiello started the match with the kick off. Dorin Nebunu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Armando Polidori tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, XMAS's Armando Polidori got control of the ball when Dorin Nebunu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Adam Negrilă kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Dorin Nebunu succeeded in the game's 24th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. 28 minutes into the match, Dorin Nebunu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Armando Polidori. XMAS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dorin Nebunu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Armando Polidori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dorin Nebunu in the 31st minute of play. Filippo Barbato's late challenge caught a FC Cosula-BTF-'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Filippo Barbato helped the player get up and apologised. Basarab Secoşan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberigo Gianfrancesco in the 33rd minute of the match. A collision led to FC Cosula-BTF- getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Aurelian Giurcă hit a great ball. XMAS's Armando Polidori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save XMAS from getting a goal against them. Filippo Barbato hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. If Dorin Nebunu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernesto Minichiello in the 42nd minute of play forced FC Cosula-BTF-'s goalkeeper Basarab Secoşan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Dorin Nebunu made a kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Sever Mărăscu managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Cosula-BTF-'s supporters rose to their feet, but Sever Mărăscu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Armando Polidori breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When FC Cosula-BTF-'s Dorin Nebunu in the 60th minute got a chance for a shot 60th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye XMAS's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Dorin Nebunu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armando Polidori was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. In the 71st minute, Dorin Nebunu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Armando Polidori was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Fabio Simonetti's late challenge caught a FC Cosula-BTF-'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fabio Simonetti helped the player get up and apologised. Fabio Simonetti kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. When Dorin Nebunu came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the FC Cosula-BTF- fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Dorin Nebunu couldn't finish the play. In the 79th minute, Dave Barillari hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Armando Polidori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dorin Nebunu, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Armando Polidori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dorin Nebunu in the 84th minute of play. After some careless play in the XMAS defense, Dorin Nebunu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Armando Polidori. The XMAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Armando Polidori should have stopped the shot. For all the effort they put into the match, the XMAS players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for FC Cosula-BTF-.