U23 World League

Arena Bombadão
Spectators: 7684 (Terracing: 5764, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dino Amorim got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th minute, Adrian Spirea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Krama Bollen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manuel Amânaloae in the 8th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Manuel Amânaloae 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: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manuel Amânaloae in the 19th minute of play forced Xandeco FC's goalkeeper Krama Bollen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes into the match, Manuel Amânaloae had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Krama Bollen. Xandeco FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Manuel Amânaloae was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Krama Bollen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manuel Amânaloae, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Laurențiu Popescu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dino Amorim in the 27th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Manuel Amânaloae in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Krama Bollen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 29 played minutes Xandeco FC got a freekick which was hit by Jeremias Luzea. Krama Bollen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Amânaloae, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 32 minutes into the match, Alexandria Team08's goal looked a bit too open when Dino Amorim came free, but Laurențiu Popescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Alexandria Team08's Tiberiu Iuga got a free kick in the 48th minute. After 49 played minutes Alexandria Team08 got a freekick which was hit by Bogdan Goma. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Manuel Amânaloae was the one to do the kick off. Dino Amorim blasted a shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Laurențiu Popescu having to make a save. Laurențiu Popescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dino Amorim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manuel Amânaloae did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-3 to the left of a surprised Krama Bollen 60 minutes into the match. Manuel Amânaloae could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Krama Bollen made a huge save. Manuel Amânaloae's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 72ndth minute, Krama Bollen skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a rather tough play, Alexandria Team08's Albert Balint got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Luiz Torres charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luiz Torres the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Krama Bollen acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 77th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Tiberiu Iuga. In the 79thth minute of the game Dino Amorim who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alexandria Team08's Laurențiu Popescu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Laurențiu Popescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luiz Torres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Manuel Amânaloae got free in front of the goal in the 87th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Krama Bollen was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. If Melik Settar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A collision led to Alexandria Team08 getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Albert Balint hit a great ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Alexandria Team08 eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.