U23 World League

Grima Stadium
Spectators: 7787 (Terracing: 5841, Seating: 1791, VIP seats: 155) Matei Chelaru started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 6 minutes into the match, Jack Walroth dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Moritz Kran, 1-0. Kristofer Normann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florin Chilian, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. In the 14th match minute, BVB 09 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florin Chilian to maneuver through the defense. At last the ball reached Matei Chelaru at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Grimório. 1-1. Grimório's Väino Vonk quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Petre Coporan, made in the 22nd minute of the game. Eduardo Beltrami was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 25th minute. Grimório's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Moritz Kran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jack Walroth in the 26th minute of the match. Matei Chelaru hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Kristofer Normann took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iacob Vernescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Grimório's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Emmanouil Kappos was slow to take the kick. During this time BVB 09's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Emmanouil Kappos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Kristofer Normann quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind Grimório's goalkeeper Kristofer Normann, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Kristofer Normann didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Matei Chelaru went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Kristofer Normann made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matei Chelaru in the 47th minute of play. After the first half BVB 09 were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eduardo Beltrami stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 50th match minute, BVB 09 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florin Chilian to maneuver through the defense. After 51 minutes of play, Grimório's Jack Walroth made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Moritz Kran was left in no man's land by his defense there! 53 minutes into the game, Juss Vagula was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Grimório's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave BVB 09 the free kick. Juss Vagula kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Doru Balint lost his temper 57 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 56 minutes into the game, one of BVB 09:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 61st minute, Eduardo Beltrami left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Grimório fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Iacob Vernescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Kristofer Normann made a huge save. In the 65th minute, Juss Vagula made a precise shot to the right of Moritz Kran. BVB 09's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-2. After 71 played minutes BVB 09 got a freekick which was hit by Emmanouil Kappos. BVB 09's Moritz Kran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jack Walroth in the 73rd minute of play. A collision led to Grimório getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Renaud Van de Put hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jack Walroth in the 85th minute of play forced BVB 09's goalkeeper Moritz Kran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Grimório defense, Moise Cristoloveanu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kristofer Normann. The Grimório fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kristofer Normann should have stopped the shot. Kristofer Normann made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Octavian Caragea sent off a good shot on target. The BVB 09 fans' excitement grew in the 93rd match minute when BVB 09's Octavian Caragea looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.