U21 World League

STEFAN CEL MARE
Spectators: 7721 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) Unidad de Matanza's Christian Lekubegi 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. A collision led to DINAMO PLOIESTI getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. George Ganea hit a great ball. Mihai Hoancă fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gregorio Garikoitz having to interfere. After 10 played minutes DINAMO PLOIESTI got a freekick which was hit by Mihai Hoancă. In the 13th minute Christian Lekubegi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adnan Golubović saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, DINAMO PLOIESTI's goal looked a bit too open when Santos Borre came free, but Adnan Golubović reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adnan Golubović took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Lekubegi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by George Ganea during the 27th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Unidad de Matanza booed when DINAMO PLOIESTI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. George Ganea didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of DINAMO PLOIESTI booed when Unidad de Matanza was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Santos Borre didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gregorio Garikoitz was a little too slow when Irinel Culiță got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 30th minute. The score was now 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Denis Alibert got free with Gregorio Garikoitz in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. DINAMO PLOIESTI's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Denis Alibert in the 34th minute. A nice corner shot did that Denis Alibert got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gregorio Garikoitz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With his leg Gregorio Garikoitz managed to avoid a goal in the 35thth minute, when DINAMO PLOIESTI's Irinel Culiță fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Gregorio Garikoitz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Denis Alibert in the 39th minute. Delmar Berenguer's late challenge caught a DINAMO PLOIESTI's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Delmar Berenguer helped the player get up and apologised. In the 40th match minute, Unidad de Matanza was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Delmar Berenguer to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santos Borre in the 43rd minute of play forced DINAMO PLOIESTI's goalkeeper Adnan Golubović to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santos Borre's late challenge caught a DINAMO PLOIESTI's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Santos Borre helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of DINAMO PLOIESTI booed when Unidad de Matanza was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Santos Borre didn't get a good kick on the ball. Denis Alibert fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gregorio Garikoitz having to interfere. The supporters of DINAMO PLOIESTI booed when Unidad de Matanza was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amadeo Walme didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jacobo Herauso kicked well hit freekick during the 48th minute of the match. After having played for 49 minutes, Denis Alibert managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. DINAMO PLOIESTI's supporters crossed their fingers, but Denis Alibert was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Denis Alibert to make the kick off. If Delmar Berenguer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Christian Lekubegi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adnan Golubović was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. The supporters of Unidad de Matanza booed when DINAMO PLOIESTI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mihai Hoancă didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gabriel Moura hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Delmar Berenguer got his second yellow card in the match during the 67th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. 70 minutes into the game, DINAMO PLOIESTI's Irinel Culiță nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gregorio Garikoitz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Gregorio Garikoitz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Irinel Culiță in the 73rd minute of play. Gregorio Garikoitz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Denis Alibert's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. When George Ganea was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 75 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, DINAMO PLOIESTI's George Ganea got a free kick in the 75th minute. In the 79th minute Unidad de Matanza were awarded a corner. Marcelo Pello went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Christian Lekubegi managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 82nd minute Santos Borre shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adnan Golubović saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. DINAMO PLOIESTI's Adnan Golubović played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Lekubegi in the 86th minute of play. After a rather tough play, DINAMO PLOIESTI's Denis Alibert got a free kick in the 92nd minute. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The DINAMO PLOIESTI fans cheered their team off the field, for while Unidad de Matanza had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.