U23 World League

Joestar Colosseum
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's Dinu Slicaru 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. Anthonio Zeppeli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Virgil Agudaru charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Virgil Agudaru the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Virgil Agudaru hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Viorel Crăcană hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. In the 10th minute, Matthew Murguia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luca Brădescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Innocenzio Alcalde stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dumitru Bogătean's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. Luca Brădescu made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Anthonio Zeppeli sent off a good shot on target. 19 minutes into the match, Anthonio Zeppeli 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 Anthonio Zeppeli was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Leontin Răica hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. With a little luck, GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's Luca Brădescu got control of the ball when Anthonio Zeppeli tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 25 minutes, Ruperto Oxarra mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ and the GoooooooooooooooooooooooL players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 25 played minutes ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ got a freekick which was hit by Ruperto Oxarra. Luca Brădescu made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Matthew Murguia sent off a good shot on target. GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's Luca Brădescu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save GoooooooooooooooooooooooL from getting a goal against them. 34 minutes into the game, ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Lino Raymond 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, 4-0. Constantin Muslea hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Lino Raymond fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luca Brădescu having to interfere. 42 minutes into the match, ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s goal looked a bit too open when Dinu Slicaru came free, but Innocenzio Alcalde reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 44 minutes ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dumitru Bogătean who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Dumitru Bogătean almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Innocenzio Alcalde did a great save.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Matthew Murguia was the one to do the kick off. After 52 played minutes ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ got a freekick which was hit by Januário Gouveia. In the 55th match minute, GoooooooooooooooooooooooL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Narcis Amânaloae to maneuver through the defense. ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Ximenes Arganzua was substituted for Matthew Murguia. ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ made a substitution. Nunez Ugartondo replaced Januário Gouveia. Narcis Amânaloae kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Anthonio Zeppeli took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 57th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Luca Brădescu. GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ximenes Arganzua in the 59th minute of play forced GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's goalkeeper Luca Brădescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anthonio Zeppeli in the 61st minute of play forced GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's goalkeeper Luca Brădescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Innocenzio Alcalde proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ from getting a goal against them. 67 minutes into the match, Ximenes Arganzua 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 Ximenes Arganzua was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Innocenzio Alcalde took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dinu Slicaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luca Brădescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anthonio Zeppeli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ximenes Arganzua in the 72nd minute of play forced GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's goalkeeper Luca Brădescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 74 minutes of play, ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Ximenes Arganzua made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luca Brădescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luca Brădescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lino Raymond, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luca Brădescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anthonio Zeppeli in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Ximenes Arganzua left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. 91 minutes into the match, Ximenes Arganzua notched a goal, 10-0, to the right of GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's Luca Brădescu. Luca Brădescu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Luca Brădescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anthonio Zeppeli in the 95th minute of play.