U23 World League

Stadionul Municipal
Spectators: 7738 (Terracing: 5805, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ryszard Rzentkowski took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rareș Stanomir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arsenio Erico in the 3rd minute of the match. If Junior Kobra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Țepeneag in the 13th minute of play forced Nueva Adalucia's goalkeeper Altzibar Zapater to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Espiridion Barrientos fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nueva Adalucia's protests and gave Espiridion Barrientos a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Kobra TEAM booed when Nueva Adalucia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Espiridion Barrientos didn't get a good kick on the ball. 16 minutes into the match, Kobra TEAM's goal looked a bit too open when Behe Etxeberria came free, but Rareș Stanomir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Kobra TEAM defense, Behe Etxeberria kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rareș Stanomir. The Kobra TEAM fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rareș Stanomir should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Kobra TEAM's Filip Ciucă got a free kick in the 21st minute. After 28 minutes Nueva Adalucia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Victor Țepeneag who took care of the corner kick. Kobra TEAM's Victor Țepeneag was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Altzibar Zapater in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 28 played minutes Victor Țepeneag shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Nueva Adalucia's Altzibar Zapater to catch but Victor Țepeneag was lucky. It became 1-1 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. Rareș Stanomir showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arsenio Erico, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Mugurel Curea hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. After 35 played minutes Kobra TEAM got a freekick which was hit by Danny Kobra. In the 36th minute of the match Arsenio Erico sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rareș Stanomir skillfully saved the ball. When Filip Ciucă fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kobra TEAM's protests and gave Filip Ciucă a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Nueva Adalucia booed when Kobra TEAM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filip Ciucă didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Nueva Adalucia getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Peru Lillo hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Țepeneag in the 44th minute of play forced Nueva Adalucia's goalkeeper Altzibar Zapater to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Altzibar Zapater made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Victor Țepeneag sent off a good shot on target. Rareș Stanomir showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ryszard Rzentkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Victor Țepeneag made a kick off. After 56 minutes of play, Kobra TEAM's Victor Losev made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Altzibar Zapater was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Espiridion Barrientos got free with Rareș Stanomir in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Junior Kobra kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Kobra TEAM's Filip Ciucă got his second yellow card of the match in the 64th minute. The referee ordered Filip Ciucă off the ground. After a rather tough play, Kobra TEAM's Filip Ciucă got a free kick in the 64th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Behe Etxeberria managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nueva Adalucia's supporters rose to their feet, but Behe Etxeberria was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rareș Stanomir breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Junior Kobra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mugurel Curea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Altzibar Zapater having to interfere. Victor Losev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Altzibar Zapater tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 91st minute Kobra TEAM were awarded a corner. Victor Țepeneag went to the cornerflag to take it. Kobra TEAM's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.