U23 World League

Unicorns Temple
Spectators: 7446 (Terracing: 5586, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Manoel Romero got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Fala Sério FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. William Papin hit a great ball. Isac Drâmba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Pedro Paraense, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 12th minute, José Pedro Paraense ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Isac Drâmba was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Isac Drâmba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manoel Romero in the 17th minute of play. A collision led to Unicorns ™ getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Codrin Boc hit a great ball. In the 30th match minute, Unicorns ™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Calistrat Mihalcea to maneuver through the defense. Tudor Bodea's late challenge caught a Fala Sério FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tudor Bodea helped the player get up and apologised. Tudor Bodea kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Tudor Bodea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 36th match minute, Fala Sério FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afonso Pitta to maneuver through the defense. Aurel Huștiu took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 37th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for João Pedro do Nascimento. Fala Sério FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. José Pedro Paraense sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Manoel Romero during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 46th minute Manoel Romero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isac Drâmba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. José Pedro Paraense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Isac Drâmba having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Tudor Bodea made the kick off in the second half. Unicorns ™'s Isac Drâmba played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Léo Pelé in the 52nd minute of play. In the 58th minute, José Pedro Paraense 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. Manoel Romero got his second yellow card in the match during the 60th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 62 played minutes, Unicorns ™'s Calistrat Mihalcea shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper João Pedro do Nascimento came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Unicorns ™ reached it. Mugur Siniştean recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Codrin Boc's late challenge caught a Fala Sério FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Codrin Boc helped the player get up and apologised. In the 65th match minute, Unicorns ™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Codrin Boc to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as José Pedro Paraense kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Isac Drâmba. That made the score 0-4 in the 66 minute of play. Codrin Boc struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. João Pedro do Nascimento didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Unicorns ™. José Pedro Paraense had several of the Unicorns ™'s defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 71 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-5 score and a disappointed Isac Drâmba as he didn't even see the shot coming. A collision led to Unicorns ™ getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Tudor Bodea hit a great ball. José Pedro Paraense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Isac Drâmba tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mugur Siniştean kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. After having played for 87 minutes, José Pedro Paraense managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Fala Sério FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but José Pedro Paraense 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 91st minute, Calistrat Mihalcea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.