U21 World League

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Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Giovani Cearense took the kick off in the first half of the match. Sebastian Căplescu succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 5th playminute. In the 12th minute Doriva Paraense shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliodor Iliuță saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aracatiara EC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Giovani Carioca in the 13th minute. Giovani Carioca made a great header on Aracatiara EC's corner, it was just that TAXI-MM-'s Eliodor Iliuță managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Căplescu in the 14th minute of play forced Aracatiara EC's goalkeeper Toninho Tepedino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Toninho Tepedino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcel Ursu, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. In the 20th minute Sebastian Căplescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Toninho Tepedino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sebastian Căplescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Toninho Tepedino made a huge save. Toninho Tepedino was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Olimpiu Pavel. In the 25th match minute, Aracatiara EC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felippe Botelho to maneuver through the defense. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind Aracatiara EC's goalkeeper Toninho Tepedino, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marcel Ursu had several of the Aracatiara EC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 30 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 2-0 score and a disappointed Toninho Tepedino as he didn't even see the shot coming. After a defensive mix-up in Aracatiara EC's zone, Sebastian Căplescu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Toninho Tepedino came out of the goal and Sebastian Căplescu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Felippe Botelho charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Felippe Botelho the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The crowd rose to their feet as Sebastian Căplescu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Toninho Tepedino. That made the score 3-0 in the 36 minute of play. Sebastian Căplescu took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Toninho Tepedino. Toninho Tepedino dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. In the 45th minute of the match, Sebastian Căplescu got a very nice opportunity to score, but Toninho Tepedino was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 46 minutes, Marcel Ursu made it 5-0 with a short kick to the right side. Aracatiara EC's Toninho Tepedino tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.

The wind increased when Sebastian Căplescu made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, George Buciu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Toninho Tepedino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcel Ursu in the 59th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Sebastian Căplescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Toninho Tepedino was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Toninho Tepedino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iustinian Urseanu in the 66th minute of play. The TAXI-MM- fans' excitement grew in the 71st match minute when TAXI-MM-'s Marcel Ursu looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 6-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Giovani Cearense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Eliodor Iliuță tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcel Ursu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Doriva Paraense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Eliodor Iliuță tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 97 minutes, Marcel Ursu put it in 7-0 from a short distance just to the right of Toninho Tepedino. For all the effort they put into the match, the Aracatiara EC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for TAXI-MM-.