U23 World League

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Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Liviu Buda made the kick off and thus started the match. Emil Bodnar hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Fabian Hudiță showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislovas Jacys in the 6th minute of the match. In the 7th minute, Matei Chelbea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sebastian Căplescu hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanislovas Jacys in the 14th minute of play forced TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Fabian Hudiță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabian Hudiță took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stanislovas Jacys, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Harsh Gods getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Jonas-Marius Petras hit a great ball. Mugur Milcu's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Alius Amontas firmly grabbed it by the left post. Emil Bodnar hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Laime Laime's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fabian Hudiță was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Stanislovas Jacys sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 42 minutes of play, Harsh Gods's Qian Xiong made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabian Hudiță was left in no man's land by his defense there! The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stanislovas Jacys to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Vytaras Alesius managed to get in a good position for a shot. Harsh Gods's supporters rose to their feet, but Vytaras Alesius was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fabian Hudiță breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fabian Hudiță didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stanislovas Jacys went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Fabian Hudiță made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriele Meilutyte in the 61st minute of play. If Gabriele Meilutyte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Harsh Gods's Gabriele Meilutyte slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fabian Hudiță. That made the score 1-3 after 67 minutes of play. Laime Laime struck a weak shot in the 71st minute. Fabian Hudiță didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Harsh Gods. TAXI-MM-'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 73rd minute, when Laime Laime scored to the left of an out of position Fabian Hudiță, making the score, 1-4. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Laime Laime in the 82nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fabian Hudiță prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Stanislovas Jacys fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabian Hudiță having to interfere. Gabriele Meilutyte received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fabian Hudiță came out and tried to block the shot, but Gabriele Meilutyte slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 87th minute. Qian Xiong received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fabian Hudiță came out and tried to block the shot, but Qian Xiong slotted it home off the left post making it 1-6 in the 91st minute. When the match was over Harsh Gods could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than TAXI-MM- throughout the match.