U21 World League

Giulesti Arena
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Damian Rafel made the kick off which started today's match. When FC Buciumii's Sebastian Giubelean in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Blackened's goalie prevented a goal. Aurelian Ştiubei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bartolo Restu in the 7th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Blackened defense, Sebastian Giubelean kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Guido Weather. The Blackened fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Guido Weather should have stopped the shot. Aurelian Ştiubei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Rafel in the 17th minute of the match. FC Buciumii's Aurelian Ştiubei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antonio Herrera in the 21st minute of play. The supporters of Blackened booed when FC Buciumii was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Petru Plopeanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 26th minute, Eloy Aznaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Laurențiu Taşcău received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Guido Weather tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sebastian Giubelean fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guido Weather having to interfere. In the 34th minute, Laurențiu Taşcău hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Petru Plopeanu fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Buciumii's protests and gave Petru Plopeanu a yellow card for diving instead. After 43 minutes, Sorin Răducu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Buciumii and the Blackened players grew even worse after the yellow card. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The wind increased when Sebastian Giubelean made the kick off in the second half. A collision led to FC Buciumii getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Petru Plopeanu hit a great ball. Bartolo Restu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aurelian Ştiubei having to interfere. Aurelian Ştiubei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eloy Aznaro in the 63rd minute of play. In the 66th minute of the match Eloy Aznaro shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Aurelian Ştiubei showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Bartolo Restu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aurelian Ştiubei having to interfere. 75 minutes into the game, Damian Rafel recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Aurelian Ştiubei. Damian Rafel showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. Damian Rafel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Aurelian Ştiubei made a huge save. After 82 played minutes FC Buciumii got a freekick which was hit by Sorin Răducu. If Antonio Herrera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Laurențiu Dinescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Buciumii's supporters rose to their feet, but Laurențiu Dinescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Guido Weather breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luca Magherescu kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. When Damian Rafel came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Blackened fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Damian Rafel couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle sounded Blackened left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Buciumii.