U23 World League

Arena espartana
Spectators: 7717 (Terracing: 5789, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marcus Batista made the kick off which started today's match. Dinu Slicaru kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dinu Slicaru in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kong Gang Zhan saved Cremonese FC from getting behind. If Jackie Tan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 14th minute, Virgil Agudaru hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 15th minute, Luizinho Arce reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Luca Brădescu. The goal made the score 1-0. 18 minutes into the match, Cremonese FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dinu Slicaru came free, but Kong Gang Zhan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th minute of the match GoooooooooooooooooooooooL got a corner. Cremonese FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dumitru Bogătean ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cristinel Povară was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Virgil Agudaru during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to GoooooooooooooooooooooooL getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Virgil Agudaru hit a great ball. In the 22nd minute, Felipe Lara reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Luca Brădescu. The goal made the score 2-0. Luca Brădescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yasar Bonnemain in the 26th minute of play. GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's Luca Brădescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luizinho Arce in the 30th minute of play. Luca Brădescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yasar Bonnemain in the 31st minute of the match. GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's Viorel Crăcană suffered a sore thigh after 40 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Yasar Bonnemain charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yasar Bonnemain the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 41st minute, Yasar Bonnemain hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Narcis Amânaloae lost his temper 43 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. A collision led to GoooooooooooooooooooooooL getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Narcis Amânaloae hit a great ball. Luca Brădescu was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jackie Tan showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-1 in the 45 minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dumitru Bogătean to make the kick off. 56 minutes into the game, Yasar Bonnemain cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Luca Brădescu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a little luck, Cremonese FC's Kong Gang Zhan got control of the ball when Cornel Gabor tried to sneak it across the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, Yasar Bonnemain had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luca Brădescu. GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yasar Bonnemain was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. Paul Stănoiu charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Paul Stănoiu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Paul Stănoiu kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Cremonese FC's Dida Tróia was substituted for Luizinho Arce. After 68 played minutes GoooooooooooooooooooooooL got a freekick which was hit by Paul Stănoiu. Luca Brădescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jackie Tan went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-1 was the resulting score. Luca Brădescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emanuel Jurgi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kong Gang Zhan made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Dumitru Bogătean sent off a good shot on target. Luca Brădescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jackie Tan, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Luca Brădescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emanuel Jurgi went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 8-1 was the resulting score. Jackie Tan scored 9-1 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luca Brădescu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 92 minutes into the game, Cremonese FC's Emanuel Jurgi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luca Brădescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 10-1. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Cremonese FC had played much better football throughout.