U23 World League

CRYSTYAN Arena
Spectators: 7674 (Terracing: 5756, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gigel Bălan took the kick off in the first half of the match. After some careless play in the ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ defense, Rodrigo Ferdinand kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cristinel Gabriel. The ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cristinel Gabriel should have stopped the shot. Cristinel Gabriel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norman Zahn in the 6th minute of the match. Cristinel Gabriel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodrigo Ferdinand, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 9 played minutes ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ got a freekick which was hit by Ivan Suşu. In the 18th match minute, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gigel Bălan to maneuver through the defense. 22 minutes into the match, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goal looked a bit too open when Norman Zahn came free, but Cristinel Gabriel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristinel Gabriel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norman Zahn in the 24th minute of the match. Cristinel Gabriel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Björn Hainl, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 31 played minutes ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ got a freekick which was hit by Sorin Elian. Cristinel Gabriel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Björn Hainl in the 34th minute of play. A collision led to ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Costin Zăraşcu hit a great ball. When Silviu Barascu fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s protests and gave Silviu Barascu a yellow card for diving instead. After the first half International Thunders were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Björn Hainl to strike the kick off in the second half. Björn Hainl recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cristinel Gabriel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Norman Zahn, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. In the 60th match minute, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiberiu Măgureanu to maneuver through the defense. 61 minutes into the match, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goal looked a bit too open when Rodrigo Ferdinand came free, but Cristinel Gabriel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerrit Dohr in the 63rd minute of play forced ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goalkeeper Cristinel Gabriel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute, International Thunders's Norman Zahn ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Cristinel Gabriel. Cristinel Gabriel yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. Cristinel Gabriel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Björn Hainl went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Costin Zăraşcu kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Cristinel Gabriel made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Björn Hainl sent off a good shot on target. 76 minutes into the match, Benjamin Bleich notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s Cristinel Gabriel. Cristinel Gabriel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 82 played minutes International Thunders got a freekick which was hit by Tim Köppen. In the 93rd minute, Björn Hainl reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cristinel Gabriel. The goal made the score 0-5.