World League

Cătălin Hîldan
Spectators: 7624 (Terracing: 5719, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Aquilino Ponte kicked off to start the match. Armando Meireles's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ricardinho Lopes read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 3rd minute of play. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind Exército Português's goalkeeper Laurențiu Gaciu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Exército Português getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Armando Meireles hit a great ball. Ali Emir Işıklars short, quick shot in the 22ndth minute got Laurențiu Gaciu to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 24 minutes into the match, Exército Português's goalkeeper Laurențiu Gaciu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aquilino Ponte. If Bruno Soveral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Laurențiu Gaciu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Emir Işıklar in the 30th minute of the match. Tornadele Siret's Ricardinho Lopes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Soveral in the 31st minute of play. Laurențiu Gaciu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aquilino Ponte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Laurențiu Gaciu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vlad Miniș in the 34th minute of the match. Laurențiu Gaciu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aquilino Ponte in the 36th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Aquilino Ponte's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Laurențiu Gaciu was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. Laurențiu Gaciu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vlad Miniș in the 39th minute of play. Ricardinho Lopes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Soveral, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. After a rather tough play, Tornadele Siret's Konstantin Gorobchenko got a free kick in the 44th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Aquilino Ponte could shoot a difficult shot in the 46th minute, which Laurențiu Gaciu however easily saved by the left post. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Armando Meireles to make the kick off. Armando Meireless short, quick shot in the 55thth minute got Ricardinho Lopes to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tornadele Siret's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gustavo Carrasqueira was slow to take the kick. During this time Exército Português's players had a chance to rest. Toro Lindø was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Armando Meireles managed to get in a good position for a shot. Exército Português's supporters rose to their feet, but Armando Meireles was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ricardinho Lopes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Laurențiu Gaciu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rúben Prestes, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Bruno Soveral was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 68th minute. Exército Português's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 70th minute Ali Emir Işıklar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laurențiu Gaciu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Exército Português made a substitution. Aybar Hasret replaced Feliks Maurycy. Armando Meireles hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. After having played for 75 minutes, Aquilino Ponte managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tornadele Siret's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aquilino Ponte was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Laurențiu Gaciu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Emir Işıklar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Laurențiu Gaciu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aquilino Ponte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Tornadele Siret's Aquilino Ponte in the 79th minute got a chance for a shot 79th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Exército Português's goalie prevented a goal. Laurențiu Gaciu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Emir Işıklar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Armando Meireles got free with Ricardinho Lopes in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Tornadele Siret support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.