U21 World League

ALEXANDRIA ARENA
Spectators: 7828 (Terracing: 5872, Seating: 1800, VIP seats: 156) Manuel Amânaloae started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the match, Sven-Erik Hermansson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabian Isăcescu. Alexandria Team08's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sven-Erik Hermansson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciprian Caba in the 7th minute of play forced Alexandria Team08's goalkeeper Fabian Isăcescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 15 minutes into the game, Donald Tusk cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Fabian Isăcescu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 18th minute Manuel Amânaloae shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cisco Rubial saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fabian Isăcescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciprian Caba in the 20th minute of the match. Bogdan Goma succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-2 in the 23rd playminute. Fabian Isăcescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Donald Tusk went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Fabian Isăcescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven-Erik Hermansson in the 39th minute of the match. Manuel Amânaloae hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. In the 42nd match minute, AC Ony was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cipriano Chus to maneuver through the defense. In the 46th minute, Bogdan Goma left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Alexandria Team08 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ciprian Caba stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven-Erik Hermansson in the 53rd minute of play forced Alexandria Team08's goalkeeper Fabian Isăcescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Alexandria Team08 booed when AC Ony was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ciprian Caba didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ciprian Caba hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. In the 71st minute, Tiberiu Iuga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The long shot by Julio Dei in the 72nd minute really tested Fabian Isăcescu's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 73rd minute Donald Tusk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabian Isăcescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 76 minutes into the match, Alexandria Team08's goal looked a bit too open when Donald Tusk came free, but Fabian Isăcescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th minute of the match AC Ony got a corner. Alexandria Team08's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Julio Dei ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Donald Tusk got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fabian Isăcescu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When AC Ony's Donald Tusk in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Alexandria Team08's goalie prevented a goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ciprian Milan during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 85th minute, Ciprian Milan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the last second Fabian Isăcescu throw himself and got hold of the ball when Donald Tusk in the 91stth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Fabian Isăcescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciprian Milan in the 96th minute of the match. AC Ony played a much better game than Alexandria Team08 and deserved their victory. The Alexandria Team08 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.