U21 World League

RAE
Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) If Marcos Bilintx had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 6 minutes into the match, Estudiantes de La Plata's goalkeeper Nicolas Kepa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Damian Oneț. Victor Andriescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mauro Evarado went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Victor Andriescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcos Bilintx, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. When Estudiantes de La Plata's Marcos Bilintx in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ⚽RAE⚽'s goalie prevented a goal. In the 18th minute of the match Atilano Poz shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Victor Andriescu showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, ⚽RAE⚽'s Toader Cojan got a free kick in the 21st minute. Victor Andriescu came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Estudiantes de La Plata's Rogelio Sotil. But to his dismay, Rogelio Sotil quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Horaţiu Găină received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Nicolas Kepa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nicolas Kepa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gigel Paveliuc went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Victor Andriescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcos Bilintx in the 43rd minute of play. Damian Oneț succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-3 in the 44th playminute. Toader Cojan might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nicolas Kepa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Toader Cojan ran back to his position shaking his head. Estudiantes de La Plata made a substitution. Placido Estefan replaced Esteve Pueblo. Estudiantes de La Plata made a substitution. Albino Viviano replaced Marcos Bilintx. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Damian Oneț to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Estudiantes de La Plata was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mauro Evarado to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albino Viviano in the 56th minute of play forced ⚽RAE⚽'s goalkeeper Victor Andriescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the game, Rogelio Sotil cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-4. Victor Andriescu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rogelio Sotil did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-5 to the left of a surprised Victor Andriescu 60 minutes into the match. Nicolas Kepa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damian Oneț, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 68th match minute, Estudiantes de La Plata was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Placido Estefan to maneuver through the defense. Victor Andriescu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rogelio Sotil in the 80th minute. Rogelio Sotils short, quick shot in the 83rdth minute got Victor Andriescu to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With an all-out effort, Estudiantes de La Plata's Victor Andriescu threw himself towards the right post 84 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Albino Viviano, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rogelio Sotil got free with Victor Andriescu in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Damian Oneț during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 95th minute, Damian Oneț hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Estudiantes de La Plata walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.