U21 World League

EL CARMELO
Spectators: 7745 (Terracing: 5810, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Romualdo Hetz got the match started through his kick off. Ubaldo Matildo Landoff stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Xalo Camara's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. Alan Varela made in the 13th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Dudu Georgescu immediately put the ball in play. Ubaldo Matildo Landoff took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cédric Payen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cédric Payen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ubaldo Matildo Landoff took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ionică Şendrea, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Norino Zuasnabar's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sergiu Cobâlcescu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. Ubaldo Matildo Landoff showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dudu Georgescu in the 27th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute Cédric Payen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ubaldo Matildo Landoff saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fidel Didier kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Romualdo Hetz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sergiu Cobâlcescu having to interfere. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cédric Payen stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Romualdo Hetz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Sergiu Cobâlcescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 61 minutes into the game, Romualdo Hetz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Sergiu Cobâlcescu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Minerul Baita -MM-'s Mugur Hurmuzache was substituted for Dudu Georgescu. Ionică Şendrea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ubaldo Matildo Landoff having to interfere. 67 minutes into the match, C.D. Pepino’s's goal looked a bit too open when Codruț Podgoreanu came free, but Ubaldo Matildo Landoff reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romualdo Hetz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alan Varela's late challenge caught a C.D. Pepino’s's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alan Varela helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Minerul Baita -MM- getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Alan Varela hit a great ball. In the 72nd match minute, Minerul Baita -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alan Varela to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgardo Oses in the 73rd minute of play forced Minerul Baita -MM-'s goalkeeper Sergiu Cobâlcescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Teodosio Estévez scored 2-1 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sergiu Cobâlcescu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. C.D. Pepino’s made a substitution. Ervigio Jaras replaced Norino Zuasnabar. Edgardo Oses sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 85th match minute, Minerul Baita -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xalo Camara to maneuver through the defense. In the 88th minute, Ionică Şendrea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ubaldo Matildo Landoff was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. The crowd rose to their feet as Cédric Payen kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ubaldo Matildo Landoff. That made the score 2-3 in the 92 minute of play. Sergiu Cobâlcescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teodosio Estévez in the 96th minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Minerul Baita -MM- walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.