U23 World League

Stelian - Ivan Arena
Spectators: 8180 (Terracing: 6137, Seating: 1881, VIP seats: 162) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Karl-Michael Brask got the match started through his kick off. Igor Kelemen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergio Damario in the 6th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Ponce Cruzado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paulo Francho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Karl-Michael Brask in the 19th minute. Igor Kelemen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teobaldo Javiar in the 21st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Mugur Bejan got a free kick in the 21st minute. When Teobaldo Javiar came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the El Renacer del Quijano FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Teobaldo Javiar couldn't finish the play. In the 24th minute Wagner Doro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo Francho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Wagner Doro in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Paulo Francho prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Teobaldo Javiar came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the El Renacer del Quijano FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Teobaldo Javiar couldn't finish the play. 28 minutes into the match, Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's goal looked a bit too open when Teobaldo Javiar came free, but Igor Kelemen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Igor Kelemen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teobaldo Javiar, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. The audience was convinced that Wagner Doro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paulo Francho was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. In the 40th minute of the match Batalionul U23 Dorobanti got a corner. El Renacer del Quijano FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ponce Cruzado ran over to the corner to take the kick. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Ponce Cruzado was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Paulo Francho in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 45th minute, Teobaldo Javiar got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Karl-Michael Brask got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Teobaldo Javiar made the kick off in the second half. Ponce Cruzado hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Teobaldo Javiar got free with Igor Kelemen in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of El Renacer del Quijano FC booed when Batalionul U23 Dorobanti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mugur Bejan didn't get a good kick on the ball. 54 minutes into the match, El Renacer del Quijano FC's Ildefonso Licerio shot a high long ball. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's goalkeeper was lucky when the ball hit the right post and out. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti made a substitution. Ernie Ball replaced Karl-Michael Brask. Igor Kelemen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Teobaldo Javiar's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. After 71 played minutes El Renacer del Quijano FC got a freekick which was hit by Wilfredo Gaspard. Mugur Bejan got his second yellow card in the match during the 74th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A collision led to Batalionul U23 Dorobanti getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Mugur Bejan hit a great ball. Teobaldo Javiar received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Igor Kelemen came out and tried to block the shot, but Teobaldo Javiar slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 82nd minute. Igor Kelemen made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Teobaldo Javiar sent off a good shot on target. Paulo Francho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernie Ball, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Teobaldo Javiar who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 88thth minute tested the skills of Igor Kelemen when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 88th minute, Ponce Cruzado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 91 played minutes Teo Beltza rounded Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-3. Adrian Isăilă hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. El Renacer del Quijano FC's Teobaldo Javiar got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Batalionul U23 Dorobanti fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. El Renacer del Quijano FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.