World League

Dan Paltinisanu
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Olimpiu Rizea made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Bater Cuca got a free kick in the 4th minute. A hard shot by Almiro Saraiva from long distance, 5 minutes into the match, got João Francisco Loyola's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's João Francisco Loyola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olimpiu Rizea in the 6th minute of play. João Francisco Loyola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernest Manea, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Ernest Manea took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for João Francisco Loyola to make any attempt to save it. In the 11th minute Martin Crușeveanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Francisco Loyola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Olimpiu Rizea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 16th minute, Olimpiu Rizea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. João Francisco Loyola was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Otávio Meirelles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, FC Politehnica Timisoara's Nicolae Nicoliță got a free kick in the 22nd minute. 24 minutes into the match, FC Politehnica Timisoara's goal looked a bit too open when Bater Cuca came free, but Isac Hojbota reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Crușeveanu came free, but João Francisco Loyola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 28 played minutes ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ got a freekick which was hit by Leonel Botelho. João Francisco Loyola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Crușeveanu in the 30th minute of the match. In the 32ndth minute of the game Olimpiu Rizea who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's João Francisco Loyola was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. João Francisco Loyola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olimpiu Rizea, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Isac Hojbota made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonel Botelho in the 35th minute of play. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's João Francisco Loyola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Crușeveanu in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olimpiu Rizea in the 38th minute of play forced ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper João Francisco Loyola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Politehnica Timisoara's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Almiro Saraiva in the 39th minute. When FC Politehnica Timisoara's Almiro Saraiva in the 46th minute got a chance for a shot 46th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalie prevented a goal.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bater Cuca to make the kick off. FC Politehnica Timisoara's Isac Hojbota proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save FC Politehnica Timisoara from getting a goal against them. 63 minutes into the match, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goal looked a bit too open when Olimpiu Rizea came free, but João Francisco Loyola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Olimpiu Rizea in the 63rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck João Francisco Loyola prevented the ball from getting in the gole. João Francisco Loyola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olimpiu Rizea in the 65th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernest Manea in the 67th minute of play forced ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper João Francisco Loyola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 83 minutes into the match, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goal looked a bit too open when Olimpiu Rizea came free, but João Francisco Loyola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. João Francisco Loyola didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Martin Crușeveanu went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. In the 92nd minute, Ernest Manea made a precise shot to the right of João Francisco Loyola. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0.