U23 World League

Dealu Florilor
Spectators: 8107 (Terracing: 6082, Seating: 1864, VIP seats: 161) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daddy Gol made the kick off which started today's match. Phil Vine made a great header on Racing Miami Futbol Club's corner, it was just that Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Mugurel Bleoancă managed to reach the ball for a save. Mugurel Bleoancă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chu Zheng Yu, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Mugurel Bleoancă showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chu Zheng Yu in the 9th minute of the match. Mugurel Bleoancă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from James Joyner in the 10th minute of play. Racing Miami Futbol Club's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Phil Vine in the 11th minute. The corner ended in Phil Vine almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Mugurel Bleoancă did a great save. Remus Voican sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Franco Di Giambattista proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Racing Miami Futbol Club from getting a goal against them. 18 minutes into the match, Daddy Gol dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Franco Di Giambattista, 1-0. With his leg Franco Di Giambattista managed to avoid a goal in the 21stth minute, when Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Daddy Gol fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by Racing Miami Futbol Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nistor Predescu was slow to take the kick. During this time Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Racing Miami Futbol Club's goalie and right to Dorin Zegreanu. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Racing Miami Futbol Club's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Florin Cosor recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Traian Ionașcu made in the 30th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Florin Cosor. Franco Di Giambattista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Remus Voican, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. With his leg Franco Di Giambattista managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Daddy Gol fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 44th match minute, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 梅轩宇 to maneuver through the defense. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Phil Vine got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

In the 51st minute, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Shane Smiley dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daddy Gol in the 54th minute of play forced Racing Miami Futbol Club's goalkeeper Franco Di Giambattista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Remus Voican sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Racing Miami Futbol Club's James Joyner quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Dorin Zegreanu, made in the 58th minute of the game. In the 59th minute Daddy Gol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Di Giambattista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Remus Voican received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Franco Di Giambattista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Keenan Worthington was substituted for Merrill Banks. In the 65th minute Daddy Gol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Di Giambattista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Franco Di Giambattista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daddy Gol, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daddy Gol in the 70th minute of play forced Racing Miami Futbol Club's goalkeeper Franco Di Giambattista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute Remus Voican shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Di Giambattista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Racing Miami Futbol Club made a substitution. Denny Godwin replaced Chu Zheng Yu. Franco Di Giambattista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Remus Voican in the 78th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Keenan Worthington in the 82nd minute of play forced Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalkeeper Mugurel Bleoancă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes into the game, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Daddy Gol nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Franco Di Giambattista made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Franco Di Giambattista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daddy Gol in the 88th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shane Smiley in the 90th minute of play forced Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalkeeper Mugurel Bleoancă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- booed when Racing Miami Futbol Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maicon Coutinho didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- had won after a very even match.