U23 World League

Ionut Andrei
Spectators: 7604 (Terracing: 5704, Seating: 1749, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vito Porto took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Jereba 4EVER's Zé Paulo Castro got a free kick in the 7th minute. Dieguinho Viana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugen Butuc in the 15th minute of the match. In the 18th minute of the match White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- got a corner. Jereba 4EVER's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ivan Mereuță ran over to the corner to take the kick. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Ivan Mereuță was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dieguinho Viana in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Dieguinho Viana made an important save on a dangerous shot by Moise Tulbure in the 21st minute. 28 minutes into the match, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s goal looked a bit too open when Abelardo Brodel came free, but Narcis Cozorici reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Narcis Cozorici made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dudu Pimenta in the 29th minute of play. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Narcis Cozorici played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Paulo Castro in the 34th minute of play. After a rather tough play, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Marius Cucerdean got a free kick in the 35th minute. Abelardo Brodel's late challenge caught a White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abelardo Brodel helped the player get up and apologised. Vito Porto blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Narcis Cozorici having to make a save. Narcis Cozorici took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zé Paulo Castro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zé Paulo Castro in the 40th minute of play forced White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s goalkeeper Narcis Cozorici to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Narcis Cozorici came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by Jereba 4EVER's Abelardo Brodel. But to his dismay, Abelardo Brodel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. After the first half Jereba 4EVER were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Eugen Butuc made the kick off in the second half. After 50 minutes, Valentin Pamfil mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- and the Jereba 4EVER players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Valentin Pamfil got a free kick in the 50th minute. The supporters of White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- booed when Jereba 4EVER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ramón Paraíba didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 53 played minutes White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- got a freekick which was hit by Petru Baba. In the 61st minute, Vito Porto got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A collision led to Jereba 4EVER getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Ramón Paraíba hit a great ball. Narcis Cozorici was a little too slow when Zé Paulo Castro got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 64th minute. The score was now 0-5. The corner went over the outstretched arms of White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s goalie and right to Ramón Paraíba. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After having played for 71 minutes, Zé Paulo Castro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Jereba 4EVER's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zé Paulo Castro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Narcis Cozorici got control of the ball when Zé Paulo Castro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vito Porto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dudu Pimenta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 86 minutes into the match, Zé Paulo Castro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Narcis Cozorici. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zé Paulo Castro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. Jereba 4EVER's Dieguinho Viana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Mereuță in the 92nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugen Butuc in the 95th minute of play forced Jereba 4EVER's goalkeeper Dieguinho Viana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.