U21 World League

泾县红星宣纸体育场
Spectators: 7709 (Terracing: 5783, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) 泾县Red-Star FC's Amadeu Berger started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Pavel Spãtaru sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 4th minute Stefan Vanghele shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Bertassi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When 顾风棋 came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the 泾县Red-Star FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that 顾风棋 couldn't finish the play. Frank Bertassi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stefan Vanghele's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. UFC Puturoasa's Thibaut Courtois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafal Miazga in the 10th minute of play. Frank Bertassi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stefan Vanghele, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. After 15 minutes, Ruslan Blanari mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the UFC Puturoasa and the 泾县Red-Star FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of 泾县Red-Star FC booed when UFC Puturoasa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ruslan Blanari didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 17th minute of the match, Rafal Miazga tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Thibaut Courtois saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The audience was convinced that Amadeu Berger's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thibaut Courtois was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. In the 22nd minute of the match, Rafal Miazga tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Thibaut Courtois saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The audience was convinced that Stefan Vanghele's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Frank Bertassi was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Rafal Miazga charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rafal Miazga the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 25th match minute, 泾县Red-Star FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafal Miazga to maneuver through the defense. When UFC Puturoasa's Stefan Vanghele in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 泾县Red-Star FC's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pavel Spãtaru in the 29th minute of play forced 泾县Red-Star FC's goalkeeper Frank Bertassi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 35 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Stefan Vanghele sped through 泾县Red-Star FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Frank Bertassi. Alexei Caraman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Frank Bertassi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When 蒋思剑 fell near the penalty area in the 40th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 泾县Red-Star FC's protests and gave 蒋思剑 a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of UFC Puturoasa booed when 泾县Red-Star FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. 蒋思剑 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Frank Bertassi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexei Caraman, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sandu Botnaru during the 42nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Sandu Botnaru kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Frank Bertassi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stefan Vanghele, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 46th minute, Stefan Vanghele made a precise shot to the right of Frank Bertassi. 泾县Red-Star FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Stefan Vanghele stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Sandu Botnaru fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Frank Bertassi having to interfere. Frank Bertassi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stefan Vanghele in the 54th minute of play. Frank Bertassi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Vanghele in the 59th minute of the match. In the 61st minute, Stefan Vanghele ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Frank Bertassi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Frank Bertassi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alexei Caraman in the 64th minute. Thibaut Courtois stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Amadeu Berger's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. Amadeu Berger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thibaut Courtois having to interfere. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by 泾县Red-Star FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alexei Caraman was slow to take the kick. During this time UFC Puturoasa's players had a chance to rest. The corner led UFC Puturoasa's Alexei Caraman to fire away a dangerous shot which Frank Bertassi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Frank Bertassi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Vanghele in the 81st minute of the match. After 82 minutes 泾县Red-Star FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Alexei Caraman who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Alexei Caraman got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Frank Bertassi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 83rd minute, Stefan Vanghele fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Frank Bertassi, passed just outside the right post. In the 88th minute, Stefan Vanghele left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The UFC Puturoasa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Stefan Vanghele's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 94thth minute, Frank Bertassi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 95 played minutes UFC Puturoasa got a freekick which was hit by Eugen Bumbu. Thibaut Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amadeu Berger in the 96th minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched UFC Puturoasa eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.