U21 World League

Diadema FC
Spectators: 7660 (Terracing: 5747, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eddy Choisy got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Lunar Park's Anatole Cambier got a free kick in the 5th minute. The throw-in from Nae Mihăescu in the 17th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Lunar Park's Albert Rollier. Anton Topală made in the 22nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Fabian Verzea immediately put the ball in play. Lunar Park's Robin Reinhard played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabian Verzea in the 23rd minute of play. Jacques Zunino kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Robin Reinhard acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 27th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Anton Topală. Octav Hortopan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tristan Caillot in the 36th minute of play. When Lunar Park's Eddy Choisy 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 -BZF- Fc Gheraseni's goalie prevented a goal. Tim Mazier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Octav Hortopan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Octav Hortopan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tim Mazier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aurelian Acalinei to make the kick off. Robin Reinhard showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurelian Acalinei in the 51st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Virgil Nedelcea in the 52nd minute of play forced Lunar Park's goalkeeper Robin Reinhard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd minute, Ramzy Domergue hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 56 minutes of play, -BZF- Fc Gheraseni's Fabian Verzea made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Robin Reinhard was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ioan Ghimiș's late challenge caught a Lunar Park's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ioan Ghimiș helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Lunar Park booed when -BZF- Fc Gheraseni was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ioan Ghimiș didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 70 minutes of play, -BZF- Fc Gheraseni's Fabian Verzea made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Robin Reinhard was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 73rdth minute of the game Aurelian Acalinei who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lunar Park's Robin Reinhard was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 77th minute, -BZF- Fc Gheraseni's Cristinel Niculescu seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Cristinel Niculescu the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of -BZF- Fc Gheraseni protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Cristinel Niculescu had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in -BZF- Fc Gheraseni fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 77th minute. Penalty! -BZF- Fc Gheraseni:s Octav Hortopan showed great skill when he stopped Anatole Cambier:s penalty. Octav Hortopan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tim Mazier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Filip Urseanu charged in rather forcefully in the 92nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Filip Urseanu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to -BZF- Fc Gheraseni getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Filip Urseanu hit a great ball. In the 98th minute of the match Lunar Park got a corner. -BZF- Fc Gheraseni's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Anatole Cambier ran over to the corner to take the kick. The -BZF- Fc Gheraseni support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.