U23 World League

Aquilino Baumer
Spectators: 7960 (Terracing: 5971, Seating: 1831, VIP seats: 158) Academia Rio's Sergiu Coșeriu 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. Dumitru Ciubuc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergiu Coșeriu in the 3rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Academia Rio's Adrian Blănaru got a free kick in the 5th minute. A collision led to Academia Rio getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Radu Păvăloae hit a great ball. ＡＣＡＤＥＭＩＡ נυηєℓυ's Dumitru Ciubuc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergiu Coșeriu in the 9th minute of play. In the 11th minute, Sergiu Coșeriu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Academia Rio fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Aurelian Coporan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emilian Cãldare in the 17th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Sergiu Coșeriu put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Dumitru Ciubuc. 23 minutes into the match, Academia Rio's goal looked a bit too open when Emilian Cãldare came free, but Aurelian Coporan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, Emilian Cãldare dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Aurelian Coporan, 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergiu Coșeriu in the 31st minute of play forced ＡＣＡＤＥＭＩＡ נυηєℓυ's goalkeeper Dumitru Ciubuc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the match, ＡＣＡＤＥＭＩＡ נυηєℓυ's goal looked a bit too open when Radu Păvăloae came free, but Dumitru Ciubuc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sergiu Coșeriu in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dumitru Ciubuc prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by ＡＣＡＤＥＭＩＡ נυηєℓυ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dumitru Pantelimon was slow to take the kick. During this time Academia Rio's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Academia Rio's Virgil Şimonca to a score. 1-4 in the 37th minute. Radu Păvăloae might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dumitru Ciubuc. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Radu Păvăloae ran back to his position shaking his head. Dumitru Ciubuc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sergiu Coșeriu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 48 minutes into the game, Radu Păvăloae cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-5. Dumitru Ciubuc was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After the first half Academia Rio were leading 1-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leopoldo Isidor in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aurelian Coporan saved Academia Rio from getting behind. 57 minutes into the match, Aron Suşu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dumitru Ciubuc, 1-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Radu Păvăloae in the 61st minute of play forced ＡＣＡＤＥＭＩＡ נυηєℓυ's goalkeeper Dumitru Ciubuc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dumitru Ciubuc made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Virgil Şimonca sent off a good shot on target. In the 67th match minute, ＡＣＡＤＥＭＩＡ נυηєℓυ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dumitru Bâtcã to maneuver through the defense. Dumitru Ciubuc came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by Academia Rio's Radu Păvăloae. But to his dismay, Radu Păvăloae quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-7. Dumitru Ciubuc came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by Academia Rio's Sergiu Coșeriu. But to his dismay, Sergiu Coșeriu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-8. In the 75th minute, Aron Suşu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dumitru Ciubuc was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-9. In the 80th minute, Academia Rio's Radu Păvăloae dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-10. After having played for 83 minutes, Radu Păvăloae managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Academia Rio's supporters crossed their fingers, but Radu Păvăloae was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dumitru Ciubuc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radu Păvăloae in the 85th minute of play. Dumitru Ciubuc was out of position in the 88 minute of play, and Radu Păvăloae capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Radu Păvăloae really showed his touch with that goal: 1-11. Dumitru Ciubuc didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Virgil Şimonca went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-12 was the resulting score.