U21 World League

PIETROSUL ARENA
Spectators: 7771 (Terracing: 5829, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when David Tâbârnă got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Jorge Cai cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Cristinel Tiberian was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Cai in the 6th minute of play forced FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s goalkeeper Cristinel Tiberian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Silvio Benino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Chițu in the 9th minute of the match. In the 9th minute Felix Chițu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvio Benino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jorge Cai sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Chițu in the 13th minute of play forced C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's goalkeeper Silvio Benino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 17 minutes into the match, C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's goalkeeper Silvio Benino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by David Tâbârnă. Silvio Benino made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when David Tâbârnă sent off a good shot on target. After 22 minutes C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Horea Hristea who took care of the corner kick. The corner led FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s David Tâbârnă to a score. 1-1 in the 22nd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Felix Chițu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Silvio Benino. That made the score 2-1 after 25 minutes of play. In the 29th minute Timoteo Bertran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristinel Tiberian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Cristinel Tiberian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timoteo Bertran in the 29th minute of play. 39 minutes into the match, FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s David Tâbârnă sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Silvio Benino narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 41 played minutes C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ got a freekick which was hit by Benigno Kusko. A collision led to C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Benigno Kusko hit a great ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rodolfo Enaut to strike the kick off in the second half. Bogdan Ştercă was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 51 minutes into the match. In the 51st minute, one of FC PIETROSUL -MM-:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC PIETROSUL -MM-. Cristinel Tiberian didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Gabirel went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. 57 minutes into the match, FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Jorge Cai came free, but Cristinel Tiberian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 60 minutes of play, C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's Timoteo Bertran made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cristinel Tiberian was left in no man's land by his defense there! FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Cristinel Tiberian proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save FC PIETROSUL -MM- from getting a goal against them. 65 minutes into the game, Tomas Gabirel cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-4. Cristinel Tiberian was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 68 minutes, Timoteo Bertran mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ and the FC PIETROSUL -MM- players grew even worse after the yellow card. Timoteo Bertran hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. 70 minutes into the match, C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Chițu came free, but Silvio Benino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Horea Hristea was slow to take the kick. During this time FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s players had a chance to rest. Aurelian Sava was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. A collision led to C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Tomas Gabirel hit a great ball. Tomas Gabirel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristinel Tiberian having to interfere. FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Cristinel Tiberian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodolfo Enaut in the 78th minute of play. Albert Nestor hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. 82 minutes into the match, FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Rodolfo Enaut came free, but Cristinel Tiberian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Esteban Cai kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's Esteban Cai got his second yellow card of the match in the 91st minute. The referee ordered Esteban Cai off the ground. When the match had been going on for 93 minutes Horea Hristea shot a great shot from long distance. It looked like a certain goal, but the audience witnessed a really smashing save by Silvio Benino when he caught the ball only just under the crossbar. After 94 played minutes C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ got a freekick which was hit by Tomas Gabirel. Emanuel Tomulescu kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. The C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.