U23 World League

Anfield
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gică Zoreanu took the kick off in the first half of the match. Roger de Souza made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Dinu Cotuțiu sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Petrică Pășcuțoiu during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Petrică Pășcuțoiu kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. In the 6th minute, Clemente Teles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Ivan Strugure showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Clemente Teles in the 9th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Roger Melo made a precise shot to the right of Ivan Strugure. Vama Veche ™'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 28th minute, Costică Simionaş hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ivan Strugure showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Perez in the 29th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gică Zoreanu during the 30th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gică Zoreanu hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. In the 34th minute, Vama Veche ™'s Virgil Mohora seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Virgil Mohora the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Vama Veche ™ protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Virgil Mohora had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Virgil Mohora kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Ivan Strugure made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roger Melo in the 39th minute of play. The Vama Veche ™ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ were winning 0-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Diego Perez to strike the kick off in the second half. Ivan Strugure showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roger Melo in the 51st minute of the match. Clemente Teles might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ivan Strugure. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Clemente Teles ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 60th minute Roger Melo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivan Strugure saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 62nd minute, Pedro Luís Porto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ivan Strugure made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roger Melo in the 68th minute of play. After 69 minutes Vama Veche ™'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pedro Luís Porto who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Roger Melo heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The audience thought a goal was coming when Clemente Teles got free with Ivan Strugure in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ivan Strugure made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Pedro Luís Porto sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dinu Cotuțiu during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Vama Veche ™'s Dinu Cotuțiu got a free kick in the 74th minute. 76 minutes into the game, Diego Perez recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ivan Strugure. Diego Perez showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-6. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Roger Melo took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Ivan Strugure to make any attempt to save it. 84 minutes into the match, Vama Veche ™'s goalkeeper Ivan Strugure had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pedro Luís Porto. The crowd rose to their feet as Roger Melo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ivan Strugure. That made the score 0-8 in the 87 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Luís Porto in the 93rd minute of play forced Vama Veche ™'s goalkeeper Ivan Strugure to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 96th minute, Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's Roger Melo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-9. When the final whistle sounded Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Vama Veche ™.