U21 World League

Ritual87
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Stiinta-Univ.'s Matei Onaca started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Anselmo Beltxe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mircea Creangă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 5th match minute, Stiinta-Univ. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mihail Juverdeanu to maneuver through the defense. Bernardo España received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Denis Ghee tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 21 played minutes Stiinta-Univ. got a freekick which was hit by Manuel Burdujan. Denis Ghee showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernan Llorian, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Umbekannt87's Leandro Acuña got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Jesus Mergildo came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Umbekannt87 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jesus Mergildo couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernan Llorian in the 30th minute of play forced Stiinta-Univ.'s goalkeeper Denis Ghee to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 30 minutes into the game, Fernan Llorian cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Denis Ghee was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet as Fernan Llorian kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Denis Ghee. That made the score 2-0 in the 33 minute of play. After 35 played minutes Stiinta-Univ. got a freekick which was hit by Mircea Creangă. A collision led to Umbekannt87 getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Leandro Acuña hit a great ball. Anselmo Beltxe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matei Onaca, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Anselmo Beltxe didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Manuel Burdujan went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Matei Onaca scored 2-2 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anselmo Beltxe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Leandro Acuña to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Fernan Llorian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Ghee saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 55 minutes into the match, Umbekannt87's goal looked a bit too open when Mihail Juverdeanu came free, but Anselmo Beltxe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Jesus Mergildo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anselmo Beltxe made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Manuel Burdujan sent off a good shot on target. In the 66th minute, Fernan Llorian got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Umbekannt87's Anselmo Beltxe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Umbekannt87 from getting a goal against them. Umbekannt87's Anselmo Beltxe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Umbekannt87 from getting a goal against them. Denis Ghee showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernan Llorian, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Mihail Juverdeanu's late challenge caught a Umbekannt87's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mihail Juverdeanu helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Umbekannt87 booed when Stiinta-Univ. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mihail Juverdeanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jesus Mergildo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Umbekannt87 were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.