U23 World League

URZICUTA STADIUM
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Rareș Andrei sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to FC Urzicuța getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Nik Nicola hit a great ball. 8 minutes into the match, Andrei Rareș dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Niilo Vähäsavo, 1-0. Mika Viitanen charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mika Viitanen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 11th match minute, Savon Palloseura was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mika Viitanen to maneuver through the defense. David Adomniței hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. If Nicu Maghiran had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nik Nicola during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 32nd minute, Nik Nicola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rareș Andrei scored 3-0 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Niilo Vähäsavo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrei Rareș in the 45th minute of play forced Savon Palloseura's goalkeeper Niilo Vähäsavo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kaarle Väätäinen made a kick off. In the 50th minute, Andrei Rareș ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Niilo Vähäsavo was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. After a rather tough play, Savon Palloseura's Toivo Karhu got a free kick in the 54th minute. The FC Urzicuța fans' excitement grew in the 58th match minute when FC Urzicuța's Andrei Rareș 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 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 64 minutes into the game, Andrei Rareș cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Niilo Vähäsavo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 71st minute, Rareș Andrei 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Heikki Niinimaa during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Heikki Niinimaa hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Andrei Rareș took the ball and in the 77 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Niilo Vähäsavo. Niilo Vähäsavo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. Rareș Andrei fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Niilo Vähäsavo having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Andrei Rareș's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Niilo Vähäsavo was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Niilo Vähäsavo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andrei Rareș went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. There was no doubt that FC Urzicuța were the better team. FC Urzicuța's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.