U21 World League

Colosseum
Spectators: 7486 (Terracing: 5615, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pablo Fernández made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the game, ORION F.C.'s Julio Mora nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dumitru Tolea made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Julio Mora during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 7th minute, Julio Mora hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute, Julio Mora ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dumitru Tolea was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 14th minute, Pablo Fernández ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dumitru Tolea was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. After 18 played minutes ORION F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Julio Mora. After 20 minutes of play, ORION F.C.'s Julio Mora made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dumitru Tolea was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 23rd minute, Manuel Pinilla 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. In the 25th minute, Julio Mora ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dumitru Tolea was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. When Pablo Fernández came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the ORION F.C. 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 Pablo Fernández couldn't finish the play. In the 32nd minute, Pablo Fernández 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. When ORION F.C.'s Pablo Fernández in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Dark Prophets's goalie prevented a goal. Pablo Fernández took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dumitru Tolea. Dumitru Tolea dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. 38 minutes into the match, Dark Prophets's goal looked a bit too open when Pablo Fernández came free, but Dumitru Tolea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, ORION F.C.'s Pablo Fernández sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dumitru Tolea narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 41 minutes, Rolando Zapata managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ORION F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Rolando Zapata was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Julio Mora received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Dumitru Tolea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Alin Curteanu was the one to do the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Gustavo De Paredes kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dumitru Tolea. That made the score 0-7 in the 53 minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as ORION F.C.'s Pablo Fernández slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dumitru Tolea. That made the score 0-8 after 57 minutes of play. Dumitru Tolea came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by ORION F.C.'s Julio Mora. But to his dismay, Julio Mora quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-10. Dumitru Tolea didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Manuel Pinilla went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-11 was the resulting score. Dumitru Tolea made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Manuel Pinilla sent off a good shot on target. Julio Mora's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dumitru Tolea firmly grabbed it by the left post. Pablo Fernández blasted a shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dumitru Tolea having to make a save. The supporters of Dark Prophets booed when ORION F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rolando Zapata didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Iulian Povară fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dark Prophets's protests and gave Iulian Povară a yellow card for diving instead. Iulian Povară kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. When Pablo Fernández came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the ORION F.C. 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 Pablo Fernández couldn't finish the play. The Dark Prophets fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ORION F.C. were clearly better and deserved to take the win.