U21 League

Santiago Bernabeu
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) After 4 minutes, Alexandru Ciocan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the UFC Puturoasa and the FCF north players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to UFC Puturoasa getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Alexandru Ciocan hit a great ball. Victor Grimalschi kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the match, FCF north's goalkeeper Fausto de Almeida had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alexei Caraman. Fausto de Almeida was a little too slow when Alexei Caraman got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 10th minute. The score was now 1-0. 20 minutes into the match, UFC Puturoasa's goal looked a bit too open when Doru Josan came free, but Petr Čech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fausto de Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alphonso Davies in the 21st minute of the match. 24 minutes into the match, UFC Puturoasa's goal looked a bit too open when Donald Hoiting came free, but Petr Čech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ion Gribincea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd minute of the match, George Baraboi got a very nice opportunity to score, but Fausto de Almeida was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by FCF north's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alexandru Ciocan was slow to take the kick. During this time UFC Puturoasa's players had a chance to rest. Alexandru Ciocan made a great header on UFC Puturoasa's corner, it was just that FCF north's Fausto de Almeida managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexei Caraman in the 35th minute of play forced FCF north's goalkeeper Fausto de Almeida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Alphonso Davies managed to get in a good position for a shot. UFC Puturoasa's supporters rose to their feet, but Alphonso Davies was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fausto de Almeida breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When UFC Puturoasa's Ion Gribincea in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FCF north's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of UFC Puturoasa booed when FCF north was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wojciech Pasterski didn't get a good kick on the ball. 46 minutes into the game, Alexei Caraman cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Fausto de Almeida was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ion Gribincea was the one to do the kick off. Petr Čech didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arcan Çapan went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 56thth minute of the game Alphonso Davies who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FCF north's Fausto de Almeida was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 63 played minutes UFC Puturoasa got a freekick which was hit by George Baraboi. Arcan Çapan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Petr Čech made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arcan Çapan in the 74th minute of play forced UFC Puturoasa's goalkeeper Petr Čech to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nick Schipmans got a throw-in 78 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Jonatan Bilintx. In the 85th match minute, UFC Puturoasa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexandru Ciocan to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the UFC Puturoasa defense, Doru Josan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Petr Čech. The UFC Puturoasa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Petr Čech should have stopped the shot. 91 minutes into the game, UFC Puturoasa's George Baraboi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fausto de Almeida made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The UFC Puturoasa fans cheered their team off the field, for while FCF north had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.