U21 World League

Queen Arena
Spectators: 7674 (Terracing: 5756, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) Filip Jităreanu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Diguinho Nóbrega made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Costică Ailincai sent off a good shot on target. After 7 minutes, Cafu Silveira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the PIRATAS TFP and the ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, PIRATAS TFP's Cafu Silveira got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 10thth minute of the game Filip Jităreanu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PIRATAS TFP's Diguinho Nóbrega was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Diguinho Nóbrega took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mihail Hârțan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Maxim Pintilie kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. Diguinho Nóbrega showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Codruț Enache in the 17th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the match, PIRATAS TFP's goal looked a bit too open when Costică Ailincai came free, but Diguinho Nóbrega reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Diguinho Nóbrega showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihail Hârțan in the 21st minute of the match. Daniel Scorţea kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Hílton da Silva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aron Tătaru having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dorel Negara got free with Diguinho Nóbrega in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Diguinho Nóbrega stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Costică Ailincai's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. The supporters of ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ booed when PIRATAS TFP was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thomás Domingues didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Codruț Enache came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ 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 Codruț Enache couldn't finish the play. In the 42nd minute Rômulo Andrade shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aron Tătaru saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. PIRATAS TFP's Diguinho Nóbrega played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Codruț Enache in the 45th minute of play. In the 47th minute, Hílton da Silva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Diguinho Nóbrega showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filip Jităreanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Codruț Enache's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Diguinho Nóbrega read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. Diguinho Nóbrega made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costică Ailincai in the 55th minute of play. If Hílton da Silva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Costică Ailincai managed to get in a good position for a shot. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s supporters rose to their feet, but Costică Ailincai was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Diguinho Nóbrega breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. PIRATAS TFP's Diguinho Nóbrega played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costică Ailincai in the 72nd minute of play. During the 73rd minute of the match Cafu Silveira completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Cafu Silveira a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Codruț Enache in the 75th minute of play forced PIRATAS TFP's goalkeeper Diguinho Nóbrega to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 75 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for PIRATAS TFP! Diguinho Nóbrega had in the 77thth minute some difficulties stopping Codruț Enache's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. When Costică Ailincai came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ 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 Costică Ailincai couldn't finish the play. In the 95th match minute, PIRATAS TFP was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jano Macedo to maneuver through the defense. Diguinho Nóbrega showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dorel Negara, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. After 97 minutes of play, ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Dorel Negara made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Diguinho Nóbrega was left in no man's land by his defense there! PIRATAS TFP's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.