U23 World League

Angus Young Stadium
Spectators: 8522 (Terracing: 6392, Seating: 1960, VIP seats: 170) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lucas Colombo got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Rova Rosiori getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Niculae Cângea hit a great ball. The supporters of ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ booed when Rova Rosiori was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ştefan Aelenei didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Rova Rosiori's Paul Dumitru got control of the ball when Lucas Colombo tried to sneak it across the goal line. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Yu Ying Xiao in the 20th minute. The corner led to ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Filiberto Gorosti getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 孟诚寒 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Izaak Lopez de Toro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 31 minutes into the game, Natanael Moreno threw the ball into play from the sideline. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Yu Ying Xiao quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Paul Dumitru showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucas Colombo, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by 孟诚寒 in the 35th minute of play forced ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s goalkeeper Izaak Lopez de Toro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th minute of the match Rova Rosiori got a corner. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sergiu Burdea ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Sergiu Burdea got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Izaak Lopez de Toro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 38 minutes into the match, ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Lucas Colombo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Paul Dumitru narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that 孟诚寒's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Izaak Lopez de Toro was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. Izaak Lopez de Toro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 孟诚寒 in the 42nd minute of the match. Izaak Lopez de Toro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 孟诚寒, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. 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.

After a defensive mix-up in Rova Rosiori's zone, Lucas Colombo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Paul Dumitru came out of the goal and Lucas Colombo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ made a substitution. Arnoldo Eneto replaced Lucas Colombo. Avram Teodorescu charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Avram Teodorescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Rova Rosiori's Avram Teodorescu got a free kick in the 62nd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Yu Ying Xiao managed to get in a good position for a shot. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s supporters rose to their feet, but Yu Ying Xiao was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Paul Dumitru breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Arnoldo Eneto got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ made a substitution. Bartolo Lertxun replaced Wilfried Zaha. Paul Dumitru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnoldo Eneto in the 74th minute of the match. Paul Dumitru showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnoldo Eneto, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Yu Ying Xiao was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Paul Dumitru in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Arnoldo Eneto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Paul Dumitru read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. Natanael Moreno got a throw-in 82 minutes in the game and the ball was received by 孟诚寒. After 86 played minutes Rova Rosiori got a freekick which was hit by Avram Teodorescu. Yu Ying Xiao didn't quite understand what happened when in the 88 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. 92 minutes into the game, one of Rova Rosiori:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Rova Rosiori:s Paul Dumitru showed great skill when he stopped Samuel Isias:s penalty. Radu Mateescu kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. 97 minutes into the game, ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Arnoldo Eneto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Paul Dumitru made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. For all the effort they put into the match, the Rova Rosiori players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫.