U21 World League

Vila Belmiro
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Asım Erseven got the match started through his kick off. Yboy Black's Adrian Tarcea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcelo Moraes in the 3rd minute of play. Răzvan Cângea scored 0-1 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Antonio Swiderski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 10 minutes into the match, Yboy Black's goalkeeper Adrian Tarcea had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Almir Schmidt. Mugur Urseanu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Asım Erseven recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Yboy Black's Adrian Tarcea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Yboy Black from getting a goal against them. Eduard Muscă charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eduard Muscă the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Eduard Muscă hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Almir Schmidt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Galvão in the 25th minute of play forced Yboy Black's goalkeeper Adrian Tarcea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antonio Swiderski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mugur Urseanu in the 28th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, Yboy Black's goal looked a bit too open when Asım Erseven came free, but Adrian Tarcea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Asım Erseven in the 31st minute of play forced Yboy Black's goalkeeper Adrian Tarcea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Asım Erseven fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adrian Tarcea having to interfere. After 40 played minutes Yboy Black got a freekick which was hit by Valentin Runcu. Asım Erseven fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adrian Tarcea having to interfere. After the first half Yboy Black were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Răzvan Cângea made a kick off. Adrian Tarcea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Asım Erseven, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Asım Erseven's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adrian Tarcea was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. 60 minutes into the match, Asım Erseven notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Yboy Black's Adrian Tarcea. Adrian Tarcea was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Almir Schmidt struck a weak shot in the 67th minute. Adrian Tarcea didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SANTOS F.C. Almir Schmidt might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Adrian Tarcea. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Almir Schmidt ran back to his position shaking his head. Yboy Black's Mugur Urseanu got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Valentin Runcu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Valentin Runcu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Antonio Swiderski made a huge save. Yboy Black's Adrian Tarcea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Almir Schmidt in the 96th minute of play. If Almir Schmidt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.