U23 World League

TraLaLa
Spectators: 7458 (Terracing: 5594, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) FC TraLaLa's Nichifor Crașovan 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. After 18 minutes, Cristian Ciocâltea mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC TraLaLa and the AITEC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cristian Ciocâltea kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. A collision led to FC TraLaLa getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Aron Bratoloveanu hit a great ball. After 23 minutes of play, AITEC's Matías Machado made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcu Tărbac was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Otávio Gonzales put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Marcu Tărbac. After having played for 32 minutes, Cristian Ciocâltea managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC TraLaLa's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian Ciocâltea was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, AITEC's Fiori Dantas got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Bebeto de Azevedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nichifor Crașovan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 39 minutes into the game, Fiori Dantas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. AITEC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC TraLaLa the free kick. Ioan Donecea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bebeto de Azevedo having to interfere. After 47 played minutes FC TraLaLa got a freekick which was hit by Nichifor Crașovan. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Otávio Gonzales to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Ioan Donecea's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bebeto de Azevedo was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. When Cristian Ciocâltea came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the FC TraLaLa fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cristian Ciocâltea couldn't finish the play. In the 61st match minute, AITEC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fiori Dantas to maneuver through the defense. Bebeto de Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nichifor Crașovan in the 63rd minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, AITEC's goal looked a bit too open when Nichifor Crașovan came free, but Bebeto de Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to FC TraLaLa getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Adam Dinulescu hit a great ball. After 73 played minutes FC TraLaLa got a freekick which was hit by Adam Dinulescu. FC TraLaLa's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.