U23 World League

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Spectators: 7469 (Terracing: 5603, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tudor Bărbânță started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Tudor Bărbânță's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alfred Clemence was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. In the 6th minute Freddie Boston shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marian Podgoreanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nechifor Ciocârlan's late challenge caught a Flamengo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nechifor Ciocârlan helped the player get up and apologised. In the 14th minute, Freddie Boston made a precise shot to the right of Marian Podgoreanu. FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After some careless play in the FC UNIREA Alba Iulia defense, Zane Dyson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marian Podgoreanu. The FC UNIREA Alba Iulia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marian Podgoreanu should have stopped the shot. Marian Podgoreanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Freddie Boston in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 24th minute, Freddie Boston made a precise shot to the right of Marian Podgoreanu. FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Marian Podgoreanu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Freddie Boston, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Marian Podgoreanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Freddie Boston in the 38th minute of play. After 40 minutes of play, Flamengo's Zane Dyson made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marian Podgoreanu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tudor Bărbânță kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Marian Podgoreanu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kirk Monk, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 55 minutes into the match, FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's goal looked a bit too open when Glyn Cotterill came free, but Marian Podgoreanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Flamengo's Zane Dyson got a free kick in the 55th minute. After having played for 59 minutes, Freddie Boston managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Flamengo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Freddie Boston was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With 60 minutes on the clock, Iulian Bucurescu commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After a rather tough play, FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's Iulian Bucurescu got a free kick in the 61st minute. The supporters of Flamengo booed when FC UNIREA Alba Iulia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Flavius Vădan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marian Podgoreanu didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Flamengo's Eddie Wilkins shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-8 in the ordered_time% minute. After a rather tough play, FC UNIREA Alba Iulia's Tudor Bărbânță got a free kick in the 78th minute. Freddie Bostons short, quick shot in the 80thth minute got Marian Podgoreanu to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 86th minute, Glyn Cotterill 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. Marian Podgoreanu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Forrest Frizzell went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-10 was the resulting score. Eddie Alderdice kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Flamengo's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.