U23 World League

Afrimesti Stadium
Spectators: 7492 (Terracing: 5620, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Luizão Peixoto started the match with the kick off. When Nicu Neghină fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's protests and gave Nicu Neghină a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Karaboudjan booed when ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicu Neghină didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 9th match minute, Karaboudjan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilton de Amaral to maneuver through the defense. Adam Todoran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilton de Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luizão Peixoto in the 16th minute of play forced ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's goalkeeper Adam Todoran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 18 minutes, Leontin Achifoaiei mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 and the Karaboudjan players grew even worse after the yellow card. Wilton de Amaral struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Adam Todoran didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Karaboudjan. 24 minutes into the match, Luizão Peixoto notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Adam Todoran. Adam Todoran was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Antony Donnelly took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Adam Todoran. Adam Todoran dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. If Antony Donnelly had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wilton de Amaral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Adam Todoran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 41 minutes into the game, Laerte Coutinho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Adam Todoran was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Adam Todoran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antony Donnelly in the 46th minute of play. Adam Todoran came out of the goal in the 48th minute to try and stop a shot by Karaboudjan's Luizão Peixoto. But to his dismay, Luizão Peixoto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nicu Gheondea to strike the kick off in the second half. Antony Donnelly blasted a shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Adam Todoran having to make a save. When Leontin Achifoaiei was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 57 minutes had been played. In the 58th match minute, ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leontin Achifoaiei to maneuver through the defense. 62 minutes into the match, Luizão Peixoto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Adam Todoran. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luizão Peixoto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. 65 minutes into the game, Petruț Zăhărescu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Karaboudjan the free kick. Petruț Zăhărescu hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Petruț Zăhărescu got his second yellow card in the match during the 68th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Petruț Zăhărescu hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Antony Donnelly might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Adam Todoran. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Antony Donnelly ran back to his position shaking his head. Antony Donnelly scored 0-6 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Adam Todoran, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 defense, Wilton de Amaral kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Adam Todoran. The ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Adam Todoran should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luizão Peixoto in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Adam Todoran saved ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 from getting behind. After 94 played minutes ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 got a freekick which was hit by Gelu Pască. When the match was over Karaboudjan could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 throughout the match.