U23 World League

Moneyball Arena
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Golden Generation's Celso Gipuzkoa started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some careless play in the Golden Generation defense, Junior Coman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gilberto Gamus. The Golden Generation fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gilberto Gamus should have stopped the shot. Gilberto Gamus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Junior Coman in the 10th minute of the match. Pastor Ixona could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Maxim Stroia made a huge save. Golden Generation's Gilberto Gamus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolae Dică in the 14th minute of play. Gilberto Gamus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Laurențiu Dănciulescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Gilberto Gamus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolae Dică in the 17th minute of the match. In the 20th minute Nicolae Dică shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilberto Gamus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pastor Ixona charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pastor Ixona the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Golden Generation's Pastor Ixona got a free kick in the 21st minute. In the 23rd minute Junior Coman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilberto Gamus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gilberto Gamus came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Dacians Academy's Ionuț Văduvescu. But to his dismay, Ionuț Văduvescu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. 32 minutes into the game, Nicolae Dică cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Gilberto Gamus was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Golden Generation's Gilberto Gamus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aron Dichiseanu in the 45th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-6 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Junior Coman to make the kick off. Nicolae Dică could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Gilberto Gamus made a huge save. In the 52nd minute, Junior Ronaldinho made a precise shot to the right of Gilberto Gamus. Golden Generation's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dalmacio Koldo during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. With a little luck, Golden Generation's Gilberto Gamus got control of the ball when Nicolae Dică tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 58th minute Aron Dichiseanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilberto Gamus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 62nd minute of the match, Junior Coman tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Gilberto Gamus saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After some careless play in the Golden Generation defense, Ionuț Văduvescu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gilberto Gamus. The Golden Generation fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gilberto Gamus should have stopped the shot. In the 66th minute, Nicolae Dică reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gilberto Gamus. The goal made the score 0-9. Nicolae Dică received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gilberto Gamus came out and tried to block the shot, but Nicolae Dică slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 69th minute. Gilberto Gamus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Junior Coman in the 75th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Dacians Academy's Aron Dichiseanu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gilberto Gamus. That made the score 0-11 after 77 minutes of play. A collision led to Dacians Academy getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Horea Barbosu hit a great ball. Gilberto Gamus was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Aron Dichiseanu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-13 in the 86 minute of play. After 92 played minutes Dacians Academy got a freekick which was hit by Ionuț Văduvescu. After some careless play in the Golden Generation defense, Junior Coman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gilberto Gamus. The Golden Generation fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gilberto Gamus should have stopped the shot. Dacians Academy played a much better game than Golden Generation and deserved their victory. The Golden Generation players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.