U23 World League

Arena ALIN Galați
Spectators: 3980 (Terracing: 2353, Seating: 1501, VIP seats: 126) When the match clock showed 6 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Arano Esparza sped through FC Alinborger Galați's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dragoş Maruță. Cristi Miulescu charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cristi Miulescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, FC Alinborger Galați's Cristi Miulescu got a free kick in the 8th minute. Arano Esparza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dragoş Maruță showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brun Mugica in the 13th minute of the match. Donzel Barbanera took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dragoş Maruță. Dragoş Maruță dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Martin Moga hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. The supporters of FC Alinborger Galați booed when Valle Saron was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Donzel Barbanera didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC Alinborger Galați's Martin Moga shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 20th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Theobald Manjon but with some difficulty. After 21 played minutes FC Alinborger Galați got a freekick which was hit by Stelian Barascu. Dragoş Maruță came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Valle Saron's Arano Esparza. But to his dismay, Arano Esparza quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. If Donzel Barbanera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arano Esparza in the 39th minute of play forced FC Alinborger Galați's goalkeeper Dragoş Maruță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Alinborger Galați's attentive Martin Moga managed to snatch the ball when Vladimiro Gerica made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. In the 44th minute, Donzel Barbanera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cristi Miulescu was the one to do the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pasqual Fabeiro in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dragoş Maruță prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience thought a goal was coming when Brun Mugica got free with Dragoş Maruță in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Valle Saron booed when FC Alinborger Galați was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Martin Moga didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot by Arano Esparza from long distance, 64 minutes into the match, got Dragoş Maruță's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Donzel Barbanera in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dragoş Maruță saved FC Alinborger Galați from getting behind. Dragoş Maruță showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donzel Barbanera, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. 70 minutes into the match, FC Alinborger Galați's goalkeeper Dragoş Maruță had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Guib Martijana. Arano Esparza scored 0-4 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dragoş Maruță, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Valle Saron getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Admon Orden hit a great ball. Dragoş Maruță showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brun Mugica in the 79th minute of the match. When Valle Saron's Donzel Barbanera in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Alinborger Galați's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of Valle Saron booed when FC Alinborger Galați was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristi Miulescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dragoş Maruță made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arano Esparza in the 89th minute. After 90 played minutes FC Alinborger Galați got a freekick which was hit by Alex Spânu. The audience was convinced that Donzel Barbanera's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dragoş Maruță was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. When the match was over Valle Saron could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC Alinborger Galați throughout the match.