U21 World League

Dream Arena
Spectators: 7852 (Terracing: 5890, Seating: 1806, VIP seats: 156) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Andrew Miggiani kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes in the game, Robert Seychell fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Vlad Ursu having to interfere. FC Urzicuța's Vlad Ursu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save FC Urzicuța from getting a goal against them. Panait Dobrescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Clayton Gerada having to interfere. With a little luck, FC Urzicuța's Vlad Ursu got control of the ball when Andrew Miggiani tried to sneak it across the goal line. Andrew Miggianis short, quick shot in the 16thth minute got Vlad Ursu to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Robert Seychell received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vlad Ursu came out and tried to block the shot, but Robert Seychell slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 18th minute. Robert Seychell was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 21st minute. Seraċini Għawdxin's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 30th minute, Robert Seychell ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vlad Ursu was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. In the 33rdth minute of the game Robert Seychell who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Urzicuța's Vlad Ursu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 37 minutes into the match, Andrew Miggiani notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of FC Urzicuța's Vlad Ursu. Vlad Ursu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Andrew Miggiani could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Vlad Ursu made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in Seraċini Għawdxin's zone, Mihnea Necșulescu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Clayton Gerada came out of the goal and Mihnea Necșulescu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Robert Seychell in the 44th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vlad Ursu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Andrew Miggiani charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Andrew Miggiani the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 46th minute, Andrew Miggiani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 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 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nicu Maghiran to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrew Miggiani in the 54th minute of play forced FC Urzicuța's goalkeeper Vlad Ursu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th match minute, FC Urzicuța was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marian Sfetcu to maneuver through the defense. In the 62nd minute Robert Seychell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vlad Ursu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th minute, Shawn Darmanin made a precise shot to the right of Vlad Ursu. FC Urzicuța's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. If Nicu Maghiran had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lawrence Buttigieg hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. In the 72nd match minute, FC Urzicuța was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mugurel Ostoici to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 74 minutes, Andrew Miggiani managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Seraċini Għawdxin's supporters crossed their fingers, but Andrew Miggiani was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 77 minutes into the match, Andrew Miggiani notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of FC Urzicuța's Vlad Ursu. Vlad Ursu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vlad Ursu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Robert Seychell went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. After 83rd play minutes Robert Seychell shot 8-0, a short shot which went by Vlad Ursu and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 86thth minute of the game Robert Seychell who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Urzicuța's Vlad Ursu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. FC Urzicuța's Vlad Ursu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Seychell in the 91st minute of play. In the 92ndth minute of the game Robert Seychell who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Urzicuța's Vlad Ursu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Vlad Ursu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Seychell, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Seraċini Għawdxin's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.