U21 World League

Rapid Giulesti
Spectators: 7686 (Terracing: 5765, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) Luiz Paulo Albuquerque started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of America Futebol Clube SP booed when A4p FC Gad was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ion Bianu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Valer Bolcaș showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edson Mendonça in the 5th minute of the match. Ernest Bianu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gonçalo de Amorim having to interfere. Ion Petrică sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tudor Cioculescu got free with Gonçalo de Amorim in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Régis Paiva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Valer Bolcaș tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ion Petrică hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Valer Bolcaș showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Régis Paiva in the 25th minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, A4p FC Gad's goal looked a bit too open when Edson Mendonça came free, but Valer Bolcaș reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Régis Paiva took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Valer Bolcaș. Valer Bolcaș dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. America Futebol Clube SP's Narciso Ortiz got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 38 minutes into the match, America Futebol Clube SP's goalkeeper Gonçalo de Amorim had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tudor Cioculescu. Valer Bolcaș took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edson Mendonça, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 44 played minutes A4p FC Gad got a freekick which was hit by Ernest Bianu. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edson Mendonça in the 47th minute of play forced A4p FC Gad's goalkeeper Valer Bolcaș to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The wind increased when Toader Bogrea made the kick off in the second half. Romeu Cearense'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. Romeu Cearense helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to America Futebol Clube SP getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Romeu Cearense hit a great ball. Geovânio Netto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Valer Bolcaș read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. Geovânio Netto succeeded in the game's 57th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edson Mendonça got free with Valer Bolcaș in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to America Futebol Clube SP getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Edson Mendonça hit a great ball. Edson Mendonça hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. In the 66th minute, Edson Mendonça left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The America Futebol Clube SP fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Régis Paiva had several of the A4p FC Gad's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 70 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-4 score and a disappointed Valer Bolcaș as he didn't even see the shot coming. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toader Bogrea in the 73rd minute of play forced America Futebol Clube SP's goalkeeper Gonçalo de Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 74 minutes into the match, America Futebol Clube SP's goal looked a bit too open when Toader Bogrea came free, but Gonçalo de Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valer Bolcaș didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edson Mendonça went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. After 77 played minutes A4p FC Gad got a freekick which was hit by Dragoş Grădinaru. Edson Mendonça was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 80th minute. America Futebol Clube SP's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 82 minutes into the match, A4p FC Gad's goal looked a bit too open when Edson Mendonça came free, but Valer Bolcaș reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 82 minutes in the game, Edson Mendonça dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. After 85 minutes, Geovânio Netto made it 0-6 with a short kick to the right side. A4p FC Gad's Valer Bolcaș tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Martin Ciocan charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Martin Ciocan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, A4p FC Gad's Martin Ciocan got a free kick in the 89th minute. 93 minutes into the match, Edson Mendonça dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Valer Bolcaș, 0-7. After 96 played minutes A4p FC Gad got a freekick which was hit by Horaţiu Arsenescu. America Futebol Clube SP's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.