U21 World League

ALEXANDRIA ARENA
Spectators: 7795 (Terracing: 5847, Seating: 1793, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ubaldo Savion started the match with the kick off. With an all-out effort, Alexandria Team08's Vinicio Bidari threw himself towards the right post 2 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Eric Pădure, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The supporters of Alexandria Team08 booed when The Old Boys was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Homero Thomson didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Old Boys's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Adriano Raniolo 5 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. Vinicio Bidari took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eric Pădure, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vinicio Bidari made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gheorghe Craioveanu in the 16th minute of play. In the 18th minute, Eric Pădure made a precise shot to the right of Vinicio Bidari. The Old Boys's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. The Old Boys's Vinicio Bidari played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eric Pădure in the 22nd minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Feliciano Leoiar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dumitru Bosânceanu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 26th minute, Gheorghe Craioveanu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vinicio Bidari. The goal made the score 3-0. Vinicio Bidari made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eric Pădure in the 29th minute. Alexandria Team08's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sebastian Ciolofan in the 31st minute. Alexandria Team08's Daniel Seelmann was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Vinicio Bidari in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by The Old Boys's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sebastian Ciolofan was slow to take the kick. During this time Alexandria Team08's players had a chance to rest. The supporters of The Old Boys booed when Alexandria Team08 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Corneliu Antohi didn't get a good kick on the ball. 41 minutes into the match, Dumitru Bosânceanu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vinicio Bidari, 5-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Gheorghe Craioveanu made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Dumitru Bosânceanu notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of The Old Boys's Vinicio Bidari. Vinicio Bidari was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 57th minute Adriano Raniolo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vinicio Bidari saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the The Old Boys defense, Dumitru Bosânceanu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vinicio Bidari. The The Old Boys fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vinicio Bidari should have stopped the shot. After 65 played minutes The Old Boys got a freekick which was hit by Black Negro. Vinicio Bidari came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Alexandria Team08's Eric Pădure. But to his dismay, Eric Pădure quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. The Old Boys's Vinicio Bidari played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gheorghe Craioveanu in the 74th minute of play. Vinicio Bidari took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dumitru Bosânceanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th match minute, Alexandria Team08 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Corneliu Antohi to maneuver through the defense. Adriano Raniolo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Vinicio Bidari tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 82 minutes of play, Alexandria Team08's Eric Pădure made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vinicio Bidari was left in no man's land by his defense there! 90 minutes into the match, The Old Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Gheorghe Craioveanu came free, but Vinicio Bidari reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Black Negro hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. In the 97th minute, Homero Thomson 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. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Alexandria Team08 had played much better football throughout.