U21 World League

Manfredi
Spectators: 7450 (Terracing: 5589, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pablo Cordeal took the kick off in the first half of the match. Gregorio Tiadoro's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 3rdth minute, Leontin Lupeanu skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Nereo Abad came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by TAXI-MM-'s Mugur Milcu. But to his dismay, Mugur Milcu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Manfredi AFC's Nereo Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liviu Buda in the 19th minute of play. If Pablo Cordeal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in TAXI-MM-'s zone, Pablo Cordeal stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leontin Lupeanu came out of the goal and Pablo Cordeal tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Matei Chelbea hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. A collision led to Manfredi AFC getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Pablo Cordeal hit a great ball. Manfredi AFC's Nereo Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mugur Milcu in the 29th minute of play. In the 30th minute, Olimpiu Bobailă ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nereo Abad was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 33rd minute Aurelian Tunaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nereo Abad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th minute, Gregorio Tiadoro fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Leontin Lupeanu, passed just outside the right post. Manfredi AFC's Nereo Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liviu Buda in the 42nd minute of play. Nereo Abad stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mugur Milcu's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. Liviu Buda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Nereo Abad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Liviu Buda made a kick off. Nereo Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olimpiu Bobailă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nereo Abad showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liviu Buda, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liviu Buda in the 65th minute of play forced Manfredi AFC's goalkeeper Nereo Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manfredi AFC's Nereo Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olimpiu Bobailă in the 67th minute of play. Esteban Dolfos hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Nereo Abad made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Mugur Milcu sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olimpiu Bobailă in the 71st minute of play forced Manfredi AFC's goalkeeper Nereo Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute Olimpiu Bobailă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nereo Abad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 81 minutes into the game, Mugur Milcu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Nereo Abad was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mugur Milcu got free with Nereo Abad in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 86th minute, Clodoveo Urki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nereo Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liviu Buda in the 87th minute of the match. Manfredi AFC were furious when Jacinto Benitez was red carded, 94 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. With a little luck, Manfredi AFC's Nereo Abad got control of the ball when Mugur Milcu tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the final whistle sounded TAXI-MM- left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Manfredi AFC.