U21 World League

Gheorghe Hagi Arena
Spectators: 7762 (Terracing: 5823, Seating: 1785, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vladimiros Lagonikakis kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Castel Prabes dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vrasidas Bolos, 1-0. Liverpool F.C. YNWA's Vrasidas Bolos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Liverpool F.C. YNWA from getting a goal against them. In the 7th minute, Mihail Gherdan got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Vrasidas Bolos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Remus Munteanu in the 10th minute. Liverpool F.C. YNWA's Vrasidas Bolos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Remus Munteanu in the 12th minute of play. Markos Tsevas charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Markos Tsevas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of FC Buzău booed when Liverpool F.C. YNWA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Markos Tsevas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Castel Prabes made in the 20th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Liverpool F.C. YNWA's Trifon Aspiridis. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vladimiros Lagonikakis in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ciprian Ghioane prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 23 minutes of play, FC Buzău's Remus Munteanu made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vrasidas Bolos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alex Adam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vrasidas Bolos having to interfere. In the 44th match minute, Liverpool F.C. YNWA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giorgos Boulgouridis to maneuver through the defense. 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 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alex Adam to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Liverpool F.C. YNWA's goal looked a bit too open when Remus Munteanu came free, but Vrasidas Bolos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 55th minute, Mihail Gherdan made a precise shot to the right of Vrasidas Bolos. Liverpool F.C. YNWA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. FC Buzău's Emanuel Cernat quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Spyros Volakis, made in the 59th minute of the game. Vrasidas Bolos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Adam in the 60th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Liverpool F.C. YNWA's Fondas Gaitanos got a free kick in the 63rd minute. In the 67th minute Mihail Gherdan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vrasidas Bolos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ilie Nasta took the ball and in the 70 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vrasidas Bolos. Vrasidas Bolos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. 74 minutes into the match, Ilie Nasta had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vrasidas Bolos. Liverpool F.C. YNWA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ilie Nasta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. After a rather tough play, Liverpool F.C. YNWA's Thymios Chionidis got a free kick in the 80th minute. Vrasidas Bolos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Remus Munteanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. After having played for 89 minutes, Alex Adam managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Buzău's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alex Adam was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of FC Buzău booed when Liverpool F.C. YNWA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thymios Chionidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihail Gherdan in the 97th minute of play forced Liverpool F.C. YNWA's goalkeeper Vrasidas Bolos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Adam made a great header on FC Buzău's corner, it was just that Liverpool F.C. YNWA's Vrasidas Bolos managed to reach the ball for a save. There was no doubt that FC Buzău were the better team. FC Buzău's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.