U21 World League

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Spectators: 7520 (Terracing: 5641, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Florin Astafiei made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 minutes, Ricardo Quexal mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the T€Tra brick FC and the FC UNIREA Alba Iulia players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 2nd minute, Ricardo Quexal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 7th minute, Albano Oton hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 8 minutes into the match, T€Tra brick FC's goal looked a bit too open when Florin Astafiei came free, but Severiano Gelmiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10thth minute of the game Florin Astafiei who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but T€Tra brick FC's Severiano Gelmiro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Pastor Aragones blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Iulian Bucurescu having to make a save. Iulian Bucurescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Salvador Maraman in the 13th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the match, FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's goal looked a bit too open when Pastor Aragones came free, but Iulian Bucurescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to FC UNIREA Alba Iulia getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Nechifor Ciocârlan hit a great ball. When Pastor Aragones came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the T€Tra brick FC 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 Pastor Aragones couldn't finish the play. Flavius Vădan struck a weak shot in the 19th minute. Severiano Gelmiro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC UNIREA Alba Iulia. Francisco Bihar charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Francisco Bihar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of FC UNIREA Alba Iulia booed when T€Tra brick FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Francisco Bihar didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's Cristian Casian got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 35th minute Albino Aimar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iulian Bucurescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iulian Bucurescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pastor Aragones in the 37th minute of the match. In the 42nd match minute, T€Tra brick FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benjamin Figueroa to maneuver through the defense. In the 43rd minute of the match Cristian Casian sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Severiano Gelmiro skillfully saved the ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Salvador Maraman to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Pastor Aragones put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Iulian Bucurescu. Pastor Aragones fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iulian Bucurescu having to interfere. In the 74th minute Florin Astafiei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Severiano Gelmiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's Iulian Bucurescu got control of the ball when Pastor Aragones tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jonas Heli kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Flavius Vădan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to T€Tra brick FC getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Jonas Heli hit a great ball. After having played for 86 minutes, Jonas Heli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. T€Tra brick FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jonas Heli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 92nd minute, Jonas Heli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.