U23 World League

Rapid Giulesti
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Red Bull Magnus's Aloísio Guimarães played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petru Tărău in the 2nd minute of play. Matei Filipoiu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Aloísio Guimarães made a huge save. In the 8th minute Felix Grigoroiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aloísio Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matei Filipoiu's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Aloísio Guimarães firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 23rd minute, Felix Grigoroiu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A4p FC Gad fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 28th minute, A4p FC Gad's Matei Filipoiu ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Aloísio Guimarães. Aloísio Guimarães yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. Olimpiu Târlea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sidnei Linhares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sidnei Linhares took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Olimpiu Târlea. Olimpiu Târlea dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. A4p FC Gad's Luca Penaru shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 38th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Aloísio Guimarães but with some difficulty. Petru Tărău succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-1 in the 39th playminute. Matei Filipoiu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some careless play in the Red Bull Magnus defense, Matei Filipoiu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aloísio Guimarães. The Red Bull Magnus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aloísio Guimarães should have stopped the shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Petru Tărău stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Matei Filipoiu notched a goal, 6-1, to the right of Red Bull Magnus's Aloísio Guimarães. Aloísio Guimarães was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matei Filipoiu in the 55th minute of play forced Red Bull Magnus's goalkeeper Aloísio Guimarães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gilmar Gerber hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. In the 62nd match minute, Red Bull Magnus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilmar Gerber to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Red Bull Magnus's zone, Luca Penaru stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aloísio Guimarães came out of the goal and Luca Penaru tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 64 played minutes A4p FC Gad got a freekick which was hit by Codrin Dragalina. A collision led to Red Bull Magnus getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Antoine Griezmann hit a great ball. The supporters of A4p FC Gad booed when Red Bull Magnus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Régis Maranhense didn't get a good kick on the ball. A4p FC Gad's Luca Penaru couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 69th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Red Bull Magnus. If Petru Tărău had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Red Bull Magnus booed when A4p FC Gad was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luca Penaru didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aloísio Guimarães stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Petru Tărău's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. Régis Maranhense's late challenge caught a A4p FC Gad's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Régis Maranhense helped the player get up and apologised. Régis Maranhense hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Petru Tărău in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aloísio Guimarães saved Red Bull Magnus from getting behind. In the 91stth minute of the game Petru Tărău who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Red Bull Magnus's Aloísio Guimarães was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 94th minute, Iurie Sima 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petru Tărău in the 95th minute of play forced Red Bull Magnus's goalkeeper Aloísio Guimarães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A4p FC Gad walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.