U21 World League

TraLaLa
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Paul Romeo took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, FC TraLaLa's Bogdan Gogea got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Thomás Travassos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emanuel Pușcariu in the 7th minute. In the 10th minute, Cosmin Stolojan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 10 played minutes, FC Barrera 2.0's Gabriel Velasco shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Aristide Răduț came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Barrera 2.0 reached it. Thomás Travassos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paul Romeo, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 13th match minute, FC TraLaLa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paul Romeo to maneuver through the defense. Thomás Travassos came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by FC TraLaLa's Emanuel Pușcariu. But to his dismay, Emanuel Pușcariu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. In the 18th match minute, FC TraLaLa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anton Macovei to maneuver through the defense. In the 20th minute Alex Lara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aristide Răduț saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in Gabriel Velasco almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC TraLaLa's Aristide Răduț did a great save. Aristide Răduț showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jeff Waters, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 28th minute Cleiton Furtado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aristide Răduț saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 31 minutes into the match, Cleiton Furtado had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aristide Răduț. FC TraLaLa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cleiton Furtado was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Aristide Răduț made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valério Xavier in the 34th minute of play. In the 35th match minute, FC TraLaLa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bogdan Gogea to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeff Waters in the 39th minute of play forced FC TraLaLa's goalkeeper Aristide Răduț to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Lara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Aristide Răduț tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sever Piţurcă hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alex Lara to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Alex Lara got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. With his leg Aristide Răduț managed to avoid a goal in the 53rdth minute, when FC Barrera 2.0's Valério Xavier fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After having played for 55 minutes, Alex Lara managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Barrera 2.0's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alex Lara was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 58 minutes into the match, FC Barrera 2.0's goal looked a bit too open when Bogdan Gogea came free, but Thomás Travassos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aristide Răduț showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Lara, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Aristide Răduț showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Lara in the 67th minute of the match. In the 71st minute, Aurelian Marincean hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, FC Barrera 2.0's Virgílio Montenegro got a free kick in the 75th minute. In the 78thth minute of the game Paul Romeo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Barrera 2.0's Thomás Travassos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 80 minutes into the match, FC Barrera 2.0's goal looked a bit too open when Leontin Medrea came free, but Thomás Travassos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aristide Răduț made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Lara in the 82nd minute of play. Cleiton Furtado hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. The supporters of FC TraLaLa booed when FC Barrera 2.0 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Velasco didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thomás Travassos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paul Romeo in the 86th minute of the match. In the 91st minute, Emanuel Pușcariu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thomás Travassos was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Aristide Răduț was out of position in the 96 minute of play, and Jeff Waters capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jeff Waters really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. FC Barrera 2.0 were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.