U23 World League

Venas Abiertas
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cornel Stoicea started the match with the kick off. Severo Romelio succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 5th playminute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Justo Erasto got free with Flavius Izbașa in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Victor Armanca hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Severo Romelio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavius Izbașa having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Justo Erasto in the 14th minute of play forced Viola Invest's goalkeeper Flavius Izbașa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ernesto Guevara SyD's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Javier Azarov in the 24th minute. Blas Frechoso hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Ernesto Guevara SyD defense, Cornel Stoicea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Diego Luschik. The Ernesto Guevara SyD fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Diego Luschik should have stopped the shot. In the 34th minute, Severiano Papo made a precise shot to the right of Flavius Izbașa. Viola Invest's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. The audience was convinced that Justo Erasto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Flavius Izbașa was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Justo Erasto in the 43rd minute of play forced Viola Invest's goalkeeper Flavius Izbașa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In a very dangerous position, a player in Viola Invest fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 44th minute. Penalty! A collision led to Ernesto Guevara SyD getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Edgardo Gervaso hit a great ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Justo Erasto was the one to do the kick off. After 54 played minutes Viola Invest got a freekick which was hit by Florin Bălașa. In the 57th minute Severiano Papo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavius Izbașa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flavius Izbașa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Justo Erasto, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. In the 64th minute, Justo Erasto made a precise shot to the right of Flavius Izbașa. Viola Invest's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Flavius Izbașa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Justo Erasto in the 68th minute of the match. In the 70th minute, Cornel Stoicea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Viola Invest booed when Ernesto Guevara SyD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edgardo Gervaso didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cornel Stoicea in the 79th minute of play forced Ernesto Guevara SyD's goalkeeper Diego Luschik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Cornel Stoicea's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Diego Luschik was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Flavius Izbașa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Justo Erasto in the 86th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Severiano Papo in the 89th minute of play forced Viola Invest's goalkeeper Flavius Izbașa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute Severiano Papo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavius Izbașa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flavius Izbașa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severiano Papo in the 93rd minute of the match. Severiano Papo 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.