U23 World League

BARLAD ARENA
Spectators: 7751 (Terracing: 5815, Seating: 1782, 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nichifor Codruț got free with Ederono Bada in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. F.C.BARLAD's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dumitru Surdu in the 4th minute. F.C.BARLAD's Dumitru Surdu was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ederono Bada in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 6 minutes into the match, F.C.BARLAD's goal looked a bit too open when Victorio Baro came free, but Wojtek Szczęsny reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Uηiση Aтℓεтιcσ Mαгαcαιвσ✈'s Gaitano Castrejana in the 7th minute got a chance for a shot 7th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye F.C.BARLAD's goalie prevented a goal. In the 8thth minute of the game Xandro Zubillaga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but F.C.BARLAD's Wojtek Szczęsny was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by F.C.BARLAD's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Carsten-Alexander Rios was slow to take the kick. During this time Uηiση Aтℓεтιcσ Mαгαcαιвσ✈'s players had a chance to rest. With a little luck, Uηiση Aтℓεтιcσ Mαгαcαιвσ✈'s Ederono Bada got control of the ball when Nichifor Codruț tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match clock showed 12 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Nichifor Codruț sped through Uηiση Aтℓεтιcσ Mαгαcαιвσ✈'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ederono Bada. Wojtek Szczęsny showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xandro Zubillaga in the 15th minute of the match. Wojtek Szczęsny made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xandro Zubillaga in the 17th minute of play. Ederono Bada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nichifor Codruț in the 31st minute of play. In the 33rd minute Xandro Zubillaga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wojtek Szczęsny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wojtek Szczęsny showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xandro Zubillaga, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Ederono Bada made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Braulio Castel sent off a good shot on target. F.C.BARLAD's Wojtek Szczęsny played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xandro Zubillaga in the 36th minute of play. After 46 played minutes Uηiση Aтℓεтιcσ Mαгαcαιвσ✈ got a freekick which was hit by Gabino Navajas. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Xandro Zubillaga made a kick off. F.C.BARLAD's Pablo Paz quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Carsten-Alexander Rios, made in the 52nd minute of the game. Wojtek Szczęsny made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaitano Castrejana in the 56th minute of play. F.C.BARLAD's Ernest Zburlea quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Carsten-Alexander Rios, made in the 57th minute of the game. Gaitano Castrejana received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Wojtek Szczęsny tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ederono Bada stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nichifor Codruț's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. Carsten-Alexander Rios made in the 64th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by F.C.BARLAD's Adam Gheorghiță. In the 66th minute, Nichifor Codruț got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 68th minute Nichifor Codruț shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ederono Bada saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wojtek Szczęsny showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaitano Castrejana, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Carsten-Alexander Rios made in the 73rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Xandro Zubillaga however managed to control. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xandro Zubillaga got free with Wojtek Szczęsny in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 78 minutes into the game, F.C.BARLAD's Nichifor Codruț nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ederono Bada made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. 81 minutes into the match, F.C.BARLAD's goal looked a bit too open when Xandro Zubillaga came free, but Wojtek Szczęsny reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Valentin Verzea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th minute Gaitano Castrejana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wojtek Szczęsny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nichifor Codruț in the 88th minute of play forced Uηiση Aтℓεтιcσ Mαгαcαιвσ✈'s goalkeeper Ederono Bada to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes into the match, Gaitano Castrejana had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wojtek Szczęsny. F.C.BARLAD's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gaitano Castrejana was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. F.C.BARLAD were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Uηiση Aтℓεтιcσ Mαгαcαιвσ✈ for a fine match.