U21 World League

Monumental de Bosch
Spectators: 7723 (Terracing: 5793, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) Alzaga FC's Placido Lia started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 4 played minutes Alzaga FC got a freekick which was hit by Salvador Quirze. Dorel Negara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Jorge Nesto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Horea Cârțan hit a great ball. A collision led to ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Rareș Lucian hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rareș Lucian in the 18th minute of play forced Alzaga FC's goalkeeper Jorge Nesto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the match, ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Salamon came free, but Grigore Săndoi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Salvador Quirze was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 25th minute. Alzaga FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Placido Lia kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. When Salvador Quirze fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Alzaga FC's protests and gave Salvador Quirze a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Alzaga FC getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Salvador Quirze hit a great ball. Jorge Nesto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rareș Lucian in the 30th minute of the match. After 31 minutes of play, ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Dorel Negara made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jorge Nesto was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 34th minute, Horea Cârțan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 46thth minute of the game Pedro Salamon who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Grigore Săndoi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rareș Lucian made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Rareș Lucian's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jorge Nesto was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Grigore Săndoi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Placido Lia in the 56th minute of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 62 minutes into the game, when Hilario Dei put in a rough tackle. After 62 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Alzaga FC! Jorge Nesto went to the wrong direction when Codruț Enache was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. After some careless play in the ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ defense, Placido Lia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Grigore Săndoi. The ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Grigore Săndoi should have stopped the shot. 74 minutes into the match, Placido Lia notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Grigore Săndoi. Grigore Săndoi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 77th minute, Placido Lia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Grigore Săndoi was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. In the 82nd minute Rareș Lucian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorge Nesto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grigore Săndoi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Placido Lia, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Rareș Lucian's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jorge Nesto read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. When Matias Abella fell near the penalty area in the 90th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Alzaga FC's protests and gave Matias Abella a yellow card for diving instead. In the 91st match minute, Alzaga FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matias Abella to maneuver through the defense. In the 91st minute of the match Codruț Enache shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jorge Nesto showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Grigore Săndoi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Celedonio Erdiano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Alzaga FC fully deserved thier win.