U23 World League

Arena Palestra
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Flavinho Rosado started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd match minute, Zandarin FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfredinho Camargo to maneuver through the defense. Flavinho Rosado hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Emanuel Bocșan made in the 12th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Romeo Ţăranu immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Buculeasa in the 15th minute of play forced Zandarin FC's goalkeeper Tiago Gabriel Capixaba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 17 minutes into the match, FC U Cluj-N's goal looked a bit too open when Christiano Chaves came free, but Tiberiu Udrescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th minute Zandarin FC were awarded a corner. Manfredo Saldanha went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Zandarin FC's corner Flavinho Rosado fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tiberiu Udrescu quite easily take care of the ball. Flavinho Rosado did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Tiberiu Udrescu 19 minutes into the match. Emanuel Bocșan made in the 22nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Gigel Runcu. In the 24th minute, Bayındır Mehmet Şahdar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bayındır Mehmet Şahdar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tiberiu Udrescu having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Ţăranu in the 39th minute of play forced Zandarin FC's goalkeeper Tiago Gabriel Capixaba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tiberiu Udrescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christiano Chaves in the 40th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Romeo Ţăranu was the one to do the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, FC U Cluj-N's goal looked a bit too open when Christiano Chaves came free, but Tiberiu Udrescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 56th minute of the match Zandarin FC got a corner. FC U Cluj-N's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Manfredo Saldanha ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 57th match minute, FC U Cluj-N was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edgar Sabău to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Zandarin FC getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Bayındır Mehmet Şahdar hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Zandarin FC's zone, Alex Buculeasa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tiago Gabriel Capixaba came out of the goal and Alex Buculeasa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Zandarin FC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Gugu Sousa hit a great ball. Tiago Gabriel Capixaba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romeo Ţăranu in the 64th minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, Christiano Chaves notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of FC U Cluj-N's Tiberiu Udrescu. Tiberiu Udrescu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gugu Sousa hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Tiago Gabriel Capixaba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romeo Ţăranu in the 85th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Zandarin FC's Severino Favoretto got a free kick in the 89th minute. A hard shot by Placido Santxol from long distance, 89 minutes into the match, got Tiago Gabriel Capixaba's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. The Zandarin FC players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.