U21 World League

Gheorghe Hagi Arena
Spectators: 7745 (Terracing: 5810, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) lןןl MONTE CHINGOLO fc's Benjamin Iliana 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benjamin Iliana in the 3rd minute of play forced FC Buzău's goalkeeper Ciprian Ghioane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to lןןl MONTE CHINGOLO fc getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Gaudencio Euloxu hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Pompiliu Balaban fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. The supporters of FC Buzău booed when lןןl MONTE CHINGOLO fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Efrain Bembe didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 14 minutes, Damaso Enekoitz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the lןןl MONTE CHINGOLO fc and the FC Buzău players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benjamin Iliana in the 17th minute of play forced FC Buzău's goalkeeper Ciprian Ghioane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 24 played minutes FC Buzău got a freekick which was hit by Ciprian Pavel. The supporters of lןןl MONTE CHINGOLO fc booed when FC Buzău was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mihail Gherdan didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of FC Buzău booed when lןןl MONTE CHINGOLO fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rosendo Emmanuel didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th minute, Gaudencio Euloxu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pompiliu Balaban to strike the kick off in the second half. Simon Ritchie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pompiliu Balaban, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Simon Ritchie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mihail Gherdan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 61st minute Mihail Gherdan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Simon Ritchie saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 64 minutes into the game, Pompiliu Balaban cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Simon Ritchie was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. lןןl MONTE CHINGOLO fc's Simon Ritchie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ionel Lung in the 67th minute of play. A collision led to lןןl MONTE CHINGOLO fc getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Rosendo Emmanuel hit a great ball. In the 74th match minute, FC Buzău was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciprian Pavel to maneuver through the defense. Ciprian Ghioane was a little too slow when Benjamin Iliana got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 75th minute. The score was now 1-1. In the 87th minute, Gaudencio Euloxu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ionel Lung scored 2-1 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Simon Ritchie, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. lןןl MONTE CHINGOLO fc's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.