U23 World League

Stadionul Ripensia
Spectators: 7771 (Terracing: 5829, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Luciano Izco got the match started through his kick off. Cosmin Mușetescu made in the 7th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Manuel Boteanu. In the 9th minute, Manuel Boteanu fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Farid Mondragón, passed just outside the right post. Dan Stelaru could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Farid Mondragón made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Adolfo Peio during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, MILAN COLOMBIANO's Adolfo Peio got a free kick in the 14th minute. Dan Stelaru fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Farid Mondragón having to interfere. Manuel Cozorici kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Claudi Echeverri hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Vlad Voican made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luciano Izco in the 24th minute of play. In the 25th match minute, MCB Timisoara 1921 BTV was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dan Stelaru to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adolfo Peio in the 35th minute of play forced MCB Timisoara 1921 BTV's goalkeeper Vlad Voican to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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 referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Octav Floruțiu during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cosmin Mușetescu during the 57th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Nicolae Panciu took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 63rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Farid Mondragón. MILAN COLOMBIANO's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 69th minute, MILAN COLOMBIANO's Luciano Izco ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Vlad Voican. Vlad Voican yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. MILAN COLOMBIANO's Ben Chepchumba was substituted for Damaso Alvarez. MILAN COLOMBIANO's Sergio Vito was substituted for Teodosio Steven. MILAN COLOMBIANO's Abel Mirande was substituted for Luciano Izco. After 79 minutes of play, MILAN COLOMBIANO's Abel Mirande made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vlad Voican was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nicolae Panciu kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Ben Chepchumba could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Vlad Voican made a huge save. Vlad Voican didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abel Mirande went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ben Chepchumba got free with Vlad Voican in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Abel Mirande did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-5 to the left of a surprised Vlad Voican 96 minutes into the match. MILAN COLOMBIANO's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.