U23 World League

ULTRA VIOLA ARENA
Spectators: 7811 (Terracing: 5860, Seating: 1796, VIP seats: 155) Gigi Stanciu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The audience was convinced that Adolfo Peio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Andrei Dinculescu was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. A nice corner shot did that Ruben Malvin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Andrei Dinculescu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Horia Braniște fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Farid Mondragón having to interfere. Andrei Dinculescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luciano Izco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When MILAN COLOMBIANO's Luciano Izco in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ★POLI★™★VIOLA★'s goalie prevented a goal. ★POLI★™★VIOLA★'s Andrei Dinculescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luciano Izco in the 19th minute of play. Andrei Dinculescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adolfo Peio in the 25th minute of play. With his leg Farid Mondragón managed to avoid a goal in the 27thth minute, when ★POLI★™★VIOLA★'s Eusebiu Banica fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. MILAN COLOMBIANO were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after ★POLI★™★VIOLA★'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ruben Malvin took the corner. The corner ended in Ruben Malvin almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ★POLI★™★VIOLA★'s Andrei Dinculescu did a great save. Andrei Dinculescu came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by MILAN COLOMBIANO's Luciano Izco. But to his dismay, Luciano Izco quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A throw-in in the 39th minute of the game was made by Mihai Musta with Cătălin Caba as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. A collision led to MILAN COLOMBIANO getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Adolfo Peio hit a great ball. Cătălin Mitică lost his temper 46 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. ★POLI★™★VIOLA★:s Andrei Dinculescu showed great skill when he stopped Ruben Malvin:s penalty. After the first half MILAN COLOMBIANO were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luciano Izco was the one to do the kick off. In the 61st minute, MILAN COLOMBIANO's Adolfo Peio dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. After some careless play in the MILAN COLOMBIANO defense, Ernest Feteanu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Farid Mondragón. The MILAN COLOMBIANO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Farid Mondragón should have stopped the shot. After 67 played minutes MILAN COLOMBIANO got a freekick which was hit by Adolfo Peio. MILAN COLOMBIANO made a substitution. Ben Chepchumba replaced Damaso Alvarez. Gigi Stanciu's late challenge caught a MILAN COLOMBIANO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gigi Stanciu helped the player get up and apologised. In the 69th match minute, ★POLI★™★VIOLA★ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gigi Stanciu to maneuver through the defense. Farid Mondragón took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gigi Stanciu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 77th minute Gigi Stanciu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Farid Mondragón saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Farid Mondragón stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mihai Musta's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. In the 85th minute, Ernest Feteanu made a precise shot to the right of Farid Mondragón. MILAN COLOMBIANO's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Despite being the better team, ★POLI★™★VIOLA★ failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.