National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 5149 (Terracing: 3862, Seating: 1184, VIP seats: 103) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Myroslav Matviychuk took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rdth minute of the game Robert Tudor who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Ukraine's Petro Yakhno was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Robert Tudor in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Petro Yakhno saved U21 Ukraine from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Myroslav Matviychuk got free with Marioara Matei in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Robert Tudor might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Petro Yakhno. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Robert Tudor ran back to his position shaking his head. 11 minutes into the match, Costel Damian notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of U21 Ukraine's Petro Yakhno. Petro Yakhno was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Petro Yakhno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marian Cenușă in the 14th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the game, Marian Cenușă cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Petro Yakhno was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Tudor in the 19th minute of play forced U21 Ukraine's goalkeeper Petro Yakhno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Petro Yakhno didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when U21 Romania's Robert Tudor shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. The audience was convinced that Robert Tudor's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Petro Yakhno was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Mykyta Komar charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mykyta Komar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Marioara Matei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Myroslav Matviychuk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladyslav Burjakiv in the 28th minute of play forced U21 Romania's goalkeeper Marioara Matei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladyslav Burjakiv in the 28th minute of play forced U21 Romania's goalkeeper Marioara Matei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dan Braru in the 32nd minute of play forced U21 Ukraine's goalkeeper Petro Yakhno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Petro Yakhno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dan Braru in the 39th minute of the match. Ostap Fedoriv hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Robert Tudor in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Petro Yakhno saved U21 Ukraine from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Robert Tudor's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Petro Yakhno was relentless in the 48th minute of the game. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Robert Tudor made a kick off. Petro Yakhno made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Marian Cenușă sent off a good shot on target. Marioara Matei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladyslav Burjakiv, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. When the match clock showed 57 minutes, the score became 1-4 when Robert Tudor sped through U21 Ukraine's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Petro Yakhno. U21 Ukraine's Yevgen Kravchuk was substituted for Arkhyp Grebenyuk. The supporters of U21 Romania booed when U21 Ukraine was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Grygoriy Lozynskyi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Robert Tudor's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Petro Yakhno read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Grygoriy Lozynskyi during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Grygoriy Lozynskyi kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. After some careless play in the U21 Ukraine defense, Marian Cenușă kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Petro Yakhno. The U21 Ukraine fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Petro Yakhno should have stopped the shot. Robert Tudor did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-6 to the left of a surprised Petro Yakhno 68 minutes into the match. With his leg Petro Yakhno managed to avoid a goal in the 71stth minute, when U21 Romania's Dan Braru fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a little luck, U21 Ukraine's Petro Yakhno got control of the ball when Dan Braru tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Petro Yakhno managed to avoid a goal in the 78thth minute, when U21 Romania's Robert Tudor fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Petro Yakhno didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Costel Damian went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-7 was the resulting score. U21 Romania made a substitution. Nichifor Aelenei replaced Robert Tudor. If Nichifor Aelenei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 85 minutes of play, U21 Romania's Nichifor Aelenei made it 1-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Petro Yakhno was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 89th minute, Nichifor Aelenei left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Romania fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-9. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grygoriy Lozynskyi in the 94th minute of play forced U21 Romania's goalkeeper Marioara Matei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 96 minutes, the score became 1-10 when Nichifor Aelenei sped through U21 Ukraine's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Petro Yakhno. The U21 Ukraine supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching U21 Romania's performance. The match ended with a win for U21 Romania.