U23 World League

P. Alexandru Arena
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) 4 minutes into the game, ORION F.C.'s Jose Calderón nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cazimir Puișoru made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Jose Calderón fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cazimir Puișoru having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Felipe Gómez put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Cazimir Puișoru. Cazimir Puișoru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jose Calderón in the 12th minute of the match. Mikail Savgat scored 0-3 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cazimir Puișoru, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Franklin Agurto took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cazimir Puișoru. Cazimir Puișoru dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Cazimir Puișoru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikail Savgat in the 25th minute of the match. In the 28th minute, Felipe Gómez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 30 minutes into the game, F.C. YKE's Ionică Ike nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Carman Jobson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipe Gómez in the 33rd minute of play forced F.C. YKE's goalkeeper Cazimir Puișoru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cazimir Puișoru showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Franklin Agurto, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Franklin Agurto in the 38th minute of play forced F.C. YKE's goalkeeper Cazimir Puișoru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes into the match, F.C. YKE's goal looked a bit too open when Mikail Savgat came free, but Cazimir Puișoru reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mikail Savgat to make the kick off. After 51 minutes, Felipe Gómez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ORION F.C. and the F.C. YKE players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of F.C. YKE booed when ORION F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felipe Gómez didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of F.C. YKE booed when ORION F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alejandro Cedeño didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cazimir Puișoru made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Jose Calderón sent off a good shot on target. Mikail Savgat scored 1-6 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cazimir Puișoru, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 63 minutes into the game, Franklin Agurto lined in a short shot 1-7 behind a frustrated Cazimir Puișoru. After 68 played minutes ORION F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Enrique De Diego. In the 69th minute, Mikail Savgat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 72nd minute of the match Andrea Tullio sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cazimir Puișoru skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jose Calderón in the 76th minute of play forced F.C. YKE's goalkeeper Cazimir Puișoru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the F.C. YKE defense, Mikail Savgat kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cazimir Puișoru. The F.C. YKE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cazimir Puișoru should have stopped the shot. In the 82nd minute of the match Alejandro Cedeño shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cazimir Puișoru showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Jose Calderón kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Cazimir Puișoru. That made the score 1-9 in the 83 minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikail Savgat got free with Cazimir Puișoru in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 90th play minute Franklin Agurto came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Cazimir Puișoru. 1-11. Cazimir Puișoru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jose Calderón in the 93rd minute of the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ORION F.C. eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.