U21 World League

ULTRA VIOLA ARENA
Spectators: 7673 (Terracing: 5755, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Codrin Turbatu kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, VB-Team's Nélson Trindade got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 6th match minute, VB-Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaime Espinosa to maneuver through the defense. If Codrin Turbatu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Andrei Dinculescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Humberto Castro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Codrin Turbatu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Osvaldo Vilaverde made a huge save. A collision led to ★POLI★™★VIOLA★ getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Cristian Pricop hit a great ball. Andrei Dinculescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anselmo Meira, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. After having played for 36 minutes, Gigi Stanciu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ★POLI★™★VIOLA★'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Gigi Stanciu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Osvaldo Vilaverde was a little too slow when Cristian Pricop got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 42nd minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 46th minute, Aurel Ortacu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 46 played minutes, VB-Team's Humberto Castro shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Andrei Dinculescu came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in VB-Team reached it. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Humberto Castro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th match minute, ★POLI★™★VIOLA★ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cătălin Mitică to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Humberto Castro in the 56th minute of play forced ★POLI★™★VIOLA★'s goalkeeper Andrei Dinculescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ★POLI★™★VIOLA★'s Gigi Stanciu got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. VB-Team's Osvaldo Vilaverde played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gigi Stanciu in the 64th minute of play. VB-Team's Osvaldo Vilaverde played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gigi Stanciu in the 66th minute of play. After 67 played minutes ★POLI★™★VIOLA★ got a freekick which was hit by Codrin Turbatu. In the 73rd minute, Rafael Matos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VB-Team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. After some careless play in the ★POLI★™★VIOLA★ defense, Anselmo Meira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Andrei Dinculescu. The ★POLI★™★VIOLA★ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Andrei Dinculescu should have stopped the shot. Osvaldo Vilaverde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Pricop, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 87th minute, Gigi Stanciu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 89th minute of the match VB-Team got a corner. ★POLI★™★VIOLA★'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Humberto Castro ran over to the corner to take the kick. VB-Team's Humberto Castro was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Andrei Dinculescu in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a rather tough play, ★POLI★™★VIOLA★'s Cătălin Mitică got a free kick in the 90th minute. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see ★POLI★™★VIOLA★ lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.