U23 World League

Mancini Arena
Spectators: 7800 (Terracing: 5851, Seating: 1794, VIP seats: 155) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Romeo Rienda took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florentin Petre in the 3rd minute of play forced U.D. Mancini's goalkeeper Elvis Ribeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elvis Ribeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugenios Saridakis in the 5th minute of the match. In the 8th minute, Denis Alibert made a precise shot to the right of Elvis Ribeiro. U.D. Mancini's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After a rather tough play, DINAMO PLOIESTI's Claudiu Dragan got a free kick in the 10th minute. Elvis Ribeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denis Alibert in the 12th minute of play. In the 14th minute Florentin Petre shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elvis Ribeiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 17 minutes, Romeo Rienda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U.D. Mancini's supporters crossed their fingers, but Romeo Rienda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. DINAMO PLOIESTI's Marcos-Evangelista Didarov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save DINAMO PLOIESTI from getting a goal against them. Marcos-Evangelista Didarov was a little too slow when Romeo Rienda got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 23rd minute. The score was now 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugenios Saridakis in the 25th minute of play forced U.D. Mancini's goalkeeper Elvis Ribeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elvis Ribeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claudiu Dragan, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. 28 minutes into the game, Romeo Rienda cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Marcos-Evangelista Didarov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 30 minutes, Romeo Rienda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U.D. Mancini's supporters crossed their fingers, but Romeo Rienda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 32nd minute Romeo Rienda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos-Evangelista Didarov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcos-Evangelista Didarov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romeo Rienda, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Romeo Rienda's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marcos-Evangelista Didarov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 45th minute of play. After 46 minutes DINAMO PLOIESTI's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dagoberto Escobar who took care of the corner kick. U.D. Mancini's Dagoberto Escobar was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marcos-Evangelista Didarov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Claudiu Dragan made a kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Denis Alibert got free with Elvis Ribeiro in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. DINAMO PLOIESTI were awarded a corner in the 55th minute after U.D. Mancini's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Florentin Petre took the corner. 58 minutes into the match, U.D. Mancini's goalkeeper Elvis Ribeiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Denis Alibert. When DINAMO PLOIESTI's Florentin Petre in the 60th minute got a chance for a shot 60th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U.D. Mancini's goalie prevented a goal. U.D. Mancini's Mingo Macia was substituted for Rodolfo Ortiz. Marcos-Evangelista Didarov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romeo Rienda in the 66th minute of play. U.D. Mancini's Angelino Gonzalez was substituted for Falo Saboya. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Rienda in the 69th minute of play forced DINAMO PLOIESTI's goalkeeper Marcos-Evangelista Didarov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th match minute, U.D. Mancini was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dagoberto Escobar to maneuver through the defense. Elvis Ribeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florentin Petre in the 73rd minute of the match. 75 minutes into the match, U.D. Mancini's goal looked a bit too open when Denis Alibert came free, but Elvis Ribeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcos-Evangelista Didarov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Romeo Rienda went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Romeo Rienda might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marcos-Evangelista Didarov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Romeo Rienda ran back to his position shaking his head. Marcos-Evangelista Didarov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romeo Rienda in the 84th minute of the match. 88 minutes into the match, U.D. Mancini's goal looked a bit too open when Denis Alibert came free, but Elvis Ribeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Denis Alibert got free with Elvis Ribeiro in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marcos-Evangelista Didarov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romeo Rienda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 91st minute, Romeo Rienda made a precise shot to the right of Marcos-Evangelista Didarov. DINAMO PLOIESTI's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-2. 94 minutes into the game, Claudiu Dragan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. DINAMO PLOIESTI's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U.D. Mancini the free kick. The supporters of U.D. Mancini booed when DINAMO PLOIESTI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Claudiu Dragan didn't get a good kick on the ball. U.D. Mancini were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of DINAMO PLOIESTI for a fine match.