U23 World League

BARLAD ARENA
Spectators: 7764 (Terracing: 5824, Seating: 1786, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nichifor Codruț took the kick off in the first half of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 7 minutes, Blas Roldanillo successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After a rather tough play, TORQUE F.C.'s Saul Maties got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Serafino Marino's late challenge caught a F.C.BARLAD's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Serafino Marino helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 23rd minute of the game. One of TORQUE F.C.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of F.C.BARLAD:s goal. The goalkeeper, Blas Roldanillo, was totally fooled by F.C.BARLAD's Nichifor Codruț, who 25 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. TORQUE F.C.'s Blas Roldanillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentin Verzea in the 28th minute of play. The corner led F.C.BARLAD's Dumitru Surdu to fire away a dangerous shot which Blas Roldanillo despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Nichifor Codruț could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Blas Roldanillo made a huge save. F.C.BARLAD's Valentin Verzea got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Horacio Matthew hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Saul Maties kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ismael Manilan to strike the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, Horacio Matthew dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Wojtek Szczęsny, 1-1. 57 minutes into the match, TORQUE F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Nichifor Codruț came free, but Blas Roldanillo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Blas Roldanillo came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by F.C.BARLAD's Nichifor Codruț. But to his dismay, Nichifor Codruț quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. After 62 minutes of play, F.C.BARLAD's Nichifor Codruț made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Blas Roldanillo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Through an outstanding action, after 65 minutes, Wojtek Szczęsny successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nichifor Codruț in the 68th minute of play forced TORQUE F.C.'s goalkeeper Blas Roldanillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the game, Tomás Piearres threw the ball into play from the sideline. F.C.BARLAD's Eric Pârlea quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Wojtek Szczęsny was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Elvio Gaufred showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-2 in the 74 minute of play. The throw-in from Tomás Piearres in the 80th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by F.C.BARLAD's Eric Pârlea. In the 81st minute Nichifor Codruț shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Blas Roldanillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. TORQUE F.C.'s Blas Roldanillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nichifor Codruț in the 83rd minute of play. Blas Roldanillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Braulio Castel in the 87th minute of the match. Blas Roldanillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nichifor Codruț in the 90th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Valentin Verzea during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to F.C.BARLAD getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Valentin Verzea hit a great ball. Wojtek Szczęsny showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ismael Manilan in the 97th minute of the match. The TORQUE F.C. players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented F.C.BARLAD from taking control. The game ends in a draw.