World League

Arena Saikô
Spectators: 7436 (Terracing: 5636, Seating: 1650, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mădălin Bobailă made the kick off which started today's match. Mihăiţă Fărcașu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseu Fonseca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 9 minutes into the match, FC TraLaLa's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseu Fonseca came free, but Mihăiţă Fărcașu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zé Sabóia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mădălin Bobailă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12thth minute of the game Eliseu Fonseca who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC TraLaLa's Mihăiţă Fărcașu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Eliseu Fonseca's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mihăiţă Fărcașu was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Mihăiţă Fărcașu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseu Fonseca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mihăiţă Fărcașu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Bati in the 18th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the match, FC TraLaLa's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriel Bati came free, but Mihăiţă Fărcașu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Emanuel Pușcariu during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Emanuel Pușcariu kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Saiko FC's Gabriel Bati got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 25th minute Gabriel Bati shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mihăiţă Fărcașu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Mihăiţă Fărcașu managed to avoid a goal in the 26thth minute, when Saiko FC's Eliseu Fonseca fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Mihăiţă Fărcașu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Bati in the 28th minute of the match. In the 37th minute, Adam Gârniceanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adam Gârniceanu hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Mihăiţă Fărcașu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliseu Fonseca, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Gabriel Bati sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 46th minute Mădălin Bobailă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Sabóia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 47 played minutes FC TraLaLa got a freekick which was hit by Mădălin Bobailă. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eliseu Fonseca stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mihăiţă Fărcașu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliseu Fonseca in the 52nd minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 56th minute of the game. One of FC TraLaLa:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Saiko FC:s goal. When the match clock showed 61 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Gabriel Bati sped through FC TraLaLa's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mihăiţă Fărcașu. Zé Sabóia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mădălin Bobailă in the 65th minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, FC TraLaLa's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriel Bati came free, but Mihăiţă Fărcașu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 70th minute Mădălin Bobailă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Sabóia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mihăiţă Fărcașu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseu Fonseca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Saiko FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Walmir Garcia in the 74th minute. Saiko FC's Walmir Garcia was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Mihăiţă Fărcașu in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With a little luck, Saiko FC's Zé Sabóia got control of the ball when Emanuel Pușcariu tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Gabriel Bati's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mihăiţă Fărcașu was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. FC TraLaLa's Mihăiţă Fărcașu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseu Fonseca in the 86th minute of play. In the 87th minute Saiko FC were awarded a corner. Walmir Garcia went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Saiko FC's corner Walmir Garcia fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mihăiţă Fărcașu quite easily take care of the ball. Saiko FC's Zé Sabóia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Saiko FC from getting a goal against them. Mihăiţă Fărcașu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Bati in the 92nd minute of play. Mihăiţă Fărcașu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseu Fonseca in the 94th minute of the match.