U23 World League

CRYSTYAN Arena
Spectators: 7459 (Terracing: 5595, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) In the 8th minute, Francisc Savu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristinel Gabriel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gunnar Ophus in the 12th minute of the match. Bendik Solvang's late challenge caught a ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bendik Solvang helped the player get up and apologised. Emanuel Vlaicu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s Francisc Savu suffered a sore thigh after 18 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 18 minutes, Kjell Bergum mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rakkestad IF and the ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 19 played minutes Rakkestad IF got a freekick which was hit by Kjell Bergum. If Matei Iorgu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kjell Bergum hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. In the 23rd minute, Tiberiu Vochin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Linus Todal was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. A collision led to Rakkestad IF getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Hans-Petter Frigstad hit a great ball. Cristinel Gabriel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gunnar Ophus in the 30th minute of play. In the 31st match minute, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sorin Elian to maneuver through the defense. Linus Todal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tiberiu Vochin went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Torgeir Sandbakken took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 40th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cristinel Gabriel. ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Cristinel Gabriel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gunnar Ophus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristinel Gabriel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hans-Petter Frigstad in the 47th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Cristinel Gabriel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gunnar Ophus in the 52nd minute of the match. A collision led to Rakkestad IF getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Bendik Solvang hit a great ball. After having played for 55 minutes, Tiberiu Vochin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Tiberiu Vochin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rakkestad IF's Linus Todal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matei Iorgu in the 62nd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Emanuel Vlaicu managed to get in a good position for a shot. ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s supporters rose to their feet, but Emanuel Vlaicu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Linus Todal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 73rd minute, Rakkestad IF's Hans-Petter Frigstad dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. After some careless play in the Rakkestad IF defense, Matei Iorgu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Linus Todal. The Rakkestad IF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Linus Todal should have stopped the shot. Cristinel Gabriel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Otto Klepp in the 80th minute. After a rather tough play, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s Mihnea Jula got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Linus Todal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiberiu Vochin in the 86th minute of play. Cristinel Gabriel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hans-Petter Frigstad in the 92nd minute of play. 93 minutes into the game, Gunnar Ophus recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Cristinel Gabriel. Gunnar Ophus showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-2. ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.