U21 World League

Arena Viola
Spectators: 7504 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Roch Sroka got the match started through his kick off. 11 minutes into the game, Roch Sroka cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Flavius Izbașa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Olgierd Rozanski hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Roch Sroka's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Flavius Izbașa was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Viola Invest's zone, Roch Sroka stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Flavius Izbașa came out of the goal and Roch Sroka tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Flavius Izbașa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roch Sroka in the 37th minute of play. Roch Sroka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavius Izbașa having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Roch Sroka managed to get in a good position for a shot. KS Zgredy's supporters rose to their feet, but Roch Sroka was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Flavius Izbașa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Roch Sroka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Calistrat Enoiu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gilbert Treppa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Calistrat Enoiu in the 52nd minute of play. Florin Răducioiu kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. A collision led to Viola Invest getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Florin Răducioiu hit a great ball. Rafal Ryback could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Flavius Izbașa made a huge save. The supporters of KS Zgredy booed when Viola Invest was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gelu Covaci didn't get a good kick on the ball. 61 minutes into the game, Martin Bilașco threw the ball into play from the sideline. KS Zgredy's Jurand Skikiewicz quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Martin Bilașco charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Martin Bilașco the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Viola Invest's Martin Bilașco got a free kick in the 65th minute. Flavius Izbașa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edmund Pietrowski in the 73rd minute. After 75 minutes Viola Invest's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rafal Ryback who took care of the corner kick. The corner led KS Zgredy's Rafal Ryback to fire away a dangerous shot which Flavius Izbașa despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 79thth minute of the game Roch Sroka who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Viola Invest's Flavius Izbașa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to KS Zgredy getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Wladyslaw Gajewski hit a great ball. Roch Sroka received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Flavius Izbașa came out and tried to block the shot, but Roch Sroka slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 90th minute. After a defensive mix-up in KS Zgredy's zone, Calistrat Enoiu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gilbert Treppa came out of the goal and Calistrat Enoiu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. KS Zgredy's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.