U23 World League

Otelul Galati Arena
Spectators: 7513 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Alin Teodorescu's late challenge caught a La Maquina 9-12-18's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alin Teodorescu helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Fc Otelul Galati getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Alin Teodorescu hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Fc Otelul Galati's zone, Alejo Bazkoare stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Traian Papadache came out of the goal and Alejo Bazkoare tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 11 minutes of play, Fc Otelul Galati's Andrei Măgură made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jose Vimaro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Andrei Măgură in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jose Vimaro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Fc Otelul Galati getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Basarab Chelbea hit a great ball. Jose Vimaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alin Teodorescu in the 20th minute of the match. If Alin Teodorescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Fc Otelul Galati's Alin Teodorescu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jose Vimaro. That made the score 2-0 after 25 minutes of play. After 27 minutes, Filiberto Bero mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the La Maquina 9-12-18 and the Fc Otelul Galati players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Fc Otelul Galati booed when La Maquina 9-12-18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filiberto Bero didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 34th minute, Candido Ebardo made a precise shot to the right of Traian Papadache. Fc Otelul Galati's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. In the 37th minute, Andrei Măgură made a precise shot to the right of Jose Vimaro. La Maquina 9-12-18's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Eusebiu Ciorobîtcă charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eusebiu Ciorobîtcă the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 40th match minute, Fc Otelul Galati was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eusebiu Ciorobîtcă to maneuver through the defense. Candido Ebardo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Aurelio Gaxan charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aurelio Gaxan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Aurelio Gaxan kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. A collision led to La Maquina 9-12-18 getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Alejo Bazkoare hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in La Maquina 9-12-18's zone, Andrei Măgură stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jose Vimaro came out of the goal and Andrei Măgură tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Alejo Bazkoare's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 80thth minute, Traian Papadache skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Fc Otelul Galati's Traian Papadache proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Fc Otelul Galati from getting a goal against them. La Maquina 9-12-18's Jose Vimaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrei Măgură in the 92nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Candido Ebardo in the 96th minute of play forced Fc Otelul Galati's goalkeeper Traian Papadache to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the La Maquina 9-12-18 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 Otelul Galati.