U23 World League

ALEXANDRIA ARENA
Spectators: 7692 (Terracing: 5770, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gheorghe Craioveanu started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, COURO COME FC's Bata Palma got a free kick in the 2nd minute. 6 minutes into the match, Alexandria Team08's goal looked a bit too open when Emirhan Sultani came free, but Laurențiu Popescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 7 minutes into the match, Gheorghe Craioveanu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dênis Chaves, 1-0. In the 11th minute Cristian Suşu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dênis Chaves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 12th minute, Gheorghe Craioveanu made a precise shot to the right of Dênis Chaves. COURO COME FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. 16 minutes into the match, Gheorghe Craioveanu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dênis Chaves, 3-0. Dênis Chaves came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Alexandria Team08's Gheorghe Craioveanu. But to his dismay, Gheorghe Craioveanu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. 24 minutes into the match, COURO COME FC's goalkeeper Dênis Chaves had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristinel Focșa. 28 minutes into the match, COURO COME FC's goalkeeper Dênis Chaves had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eduard Luncanu. Laurențiu Popescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ulisses da Mata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, COURO COME FC's Dênis Chaves got control of the ball when Cristian Suşu tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 37th match minute, COURO COME FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cleiton Severo to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Raniolo in the 38th minute of play forced COURO COME FC's goalkeeper Dênis Chaves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 41 minutes into the game, COURO COME FC's Bata Palma nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Laurențiu Popescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Alexandria Team08's Laurențiu Popescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emirhan Sultani in the 44th minute of play. COURO COME FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cleiton Severo in the 46th minute. After taking down the ball on COURO COME FC's corner Cleiton Severo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Laurențiu Popescu quite easily take care of the ball. Cătălin Dumitrescu hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. 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 4-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emirhan Sultani stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dênis Chaves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gheorghe Craioveanu in the 56th minute of the match. Laurențiu Popescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emirhan Sultani in the 61st minute of the match. Dênis Chaves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Suşu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72nd minute, Daniel Seelmann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Laurențiu Popescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emirhan Sultani in the 73rd minute of play. With his leg Laurențiu Popescu managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when COURO COME FC's Ulisses da Mata fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 82 minutes of play, Alexandria Team08's Gheorghe Craioveanu made it 6-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dênis Chaves was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 89th minute, Gheorghe Craioveanu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dênis Chaves was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-1. COURO COME FC made a substitution. Christian Botelho replaced Emirhan Sultani. The supporters of COURO COME FC booed when Alexandria Team08 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cătălin Dumitrescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ulisses da Mata's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Laurențiu Popescu firmly grabbed it by the left post.