U21 World League

Ciufulici Arena
Spectators: 7623 (Terracing: 5718, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) FC ciufulici's Remus Onea managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Americo Cortez in the 8 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siro Eduino in the 10th minute of play forced FC ciufulici's goalkeeper Marius Rusu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute Edgar Vlas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Conrado Atarratze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Conrado Atarratze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgar Vlas in the 13th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, FC ciufulici's goal looked a bit too open when Koen Van der Hoeven came free, but Marius Rusu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Siro Eduino hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. After 18 played minutes Edgar Vlas rounded La Coruña FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Sandu Pătrășconiu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Conrado Atarratze made a huge save. Conrado Atarratze was a little too slow when Edgar Vlas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 23rd minute. The score was now 2-0. The throw-in from Remus Onea in the 29th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by La Coruña FC's Siro Eduino. Conrado Atarratze was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Edgar Vlas showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 30 minute of play. Sandu Pătrășconiu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Conrado Atarratze having to interfere. 41 minutes into the match, La Coruña FC's goal looked a bit too open when Edgar Vlas came free, but Conrado Atarratze reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Conrado Atarratze showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgar Vlas in the 46th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Koen Van der Hoeven to make the kick off. In the 56th minute Andrei Joita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Conrado Atarratze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, La Coruña FC's goal looked a bit too open when Edgar Vlas came free, but Conrado Atarratze reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sandu Pătrășconiu in the 62nd minute of play forced La Coruña FC's goalkeeper Conrado Atarratze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Conrado Atarratze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgar Vlas in the 65th minute of play. Sandu Pătrășconiu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Conrado Atarratze took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edgar Vlas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the La Coruña FC defense, Edgar Vlas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Conrado Atarratze. The La Coruña FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Conrado Atarratze should have stopped the shot. In the 81st minute Edgar Vlas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Conrado Atarratze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edgar Vlas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Conrado Atarratze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of FC ciufulici booed when La Coruña FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Americo Cortez didn't get a good kick on the ball. Koen Van der Hoeven received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marius Rusu came out and tried to block the shot, but Koen Van der Hoeven slotted it home off the left post making it 4-1 in the 94th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. FC ciufulici had played much better football throughout.