U21 World League

Ionut Andrei
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) Javier Milei started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Vlad Zâncă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ruperto Sanduru in the 4th minute of play. Vlad Zâncă didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Faustino Llorian went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihai Isbășoiu in the 8th minute of play forced ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s goalkeeper Aurelio Nafarroa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute, Faustino Llorian ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vlad Zâncă was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Vlad Zâncă stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Javier Milei's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. After 20 minutes, Faustino Llorian mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ and the White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Faustino Llorian got a free kick in the 20th minute. Aurelio Nafarroa acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 21st minute, took the ball on the long shot from Radu Bântu. In the 22nd minute Ruperto Sanduru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vlad Zâncă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ were awarded a corner in the 27th minute after White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Conrado Tello took the corner. After 29 minutes White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Conrado Tello who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Faustino Llorian got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vlad Zâncă quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Javier Milei scored 0-3 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vlad Zâncă, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Vlad Zâncă stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Javier Milei's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Faustino Llorian recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 38th minute, Radu Bântu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Javier Milei's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vlad Zâncă was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice moves Mihai Isbășoiu could shoot a difficult shot in the 41st minute, which Aurelio Nafarroa however easily saved by the left post. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Aurelio Nafarroa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ from getting a goal against them. If Ruperto Sanduru had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 51stth minute of the game Marius Cucerdean who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Aurelio Nafarroa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Teo Vitin was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 53 minutes into the match. Faustino Llorian recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 65 played minutes White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- got a freekick which was hit by Valeriu Vlădoiu. 66 minutes into the match, ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Conrado Tello broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Faustino Llorian managed to get in a good position for a shot. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s supporters rose to their feet, but Faustino Llorian was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vlad Zâncă breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ruperto Sanduru got free with Vlad Zâncă in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Marius Cucerdean hit a great ball. Aurelio Nafarroa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mihail Ciocâlteu in the 92nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Radu Bântu in the 98th minute of play forced ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s goalkeeper Aurelio Nafarroa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.