U23 World League

El Riasor
Spectators: 7745 (Terracing: 5810, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rafail Rusev started the match with the kick off. Adrien Tanneau was out of position in the 4 minute of play, and Aurelian Fundătoreanu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Aurelian Fundătoreanu really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Adrien Tanneau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iordache Arșanu in the 6th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafail Rusev in the 10th minute of play forced SuperDepor's goalkeeper Alex Crâșmaru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valette Stars's attentive Nelson Nogueira managed to snatch the ball when Ferdinand Şania made a throw-in in the 12th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Celso Vidigal in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alex Crâșmaru saved SuperDepor from getting behind. Alex Crâșmaru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafail Rusev in the 18th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafail Rusev in the 22nd minute of play forced SuperDepor's goalkeeper Alex Crâșmaru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rdth minute of the game Rafail Rusev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SuperDepor's Alex Crâșmaru was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Iordache Arșanu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adrien Tanneau having to interfere. In the 35th minute Celso Vidigal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Crâșmaru saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alex Crâșmaru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafail Rusev in the 43rd minute of the match. Manole Ipate hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Iordache Arșanu to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Valette Stars's Amadeu Martins got a free kick in the 51st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurelian Fundătoreanu in the 53rd minute of play forced Valette Stars's goalkeeper Adrien Tanneau to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind SuperDepor's goalkeeper Alex Crâșmaru, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iordache Arșanu in the 61st minute of play forced Valette Stars's goalkeeper Adrien Tanneau to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Crâșmaru took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafail Rusev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alex Crâșmaru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celso Vidigal in the 67th minute of play. A collision led to SuperDepor getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Iordache Arșanu hit a great ball. Alex Crâșmaru was out of position in the 69 minute of play, and Rafail Rusev capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Rafail Rusev really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Valette Stars's Adrien Tanneau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iordache Arșanu in the 73rd minute of play. SuperDepor's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Petru Ghiciușca in the 83rd minute. A nice corner shot did that Petru Ghiciușca got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Adrien Tanneau quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rafail Rusev in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alex Crâșmaru saved SuperDepor from getting behind. After 88 minutes, Rafail Rusev made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. SuperDepor's Alex Crâșmaru tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Zachary Czerniak hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match.