U23 World League

CRYSTYAN Arena
Spectators: 7578 (Terracing: 5684, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) After a rather tough play, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s Emanuel Vlaicu got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 7th match minute, The Nerd Herd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nils-Christian Taksdal to maneuver through the defense. Asmund Sjøberg made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Tiberiu Vochin sent off a good shot on target. Matei Iorgu kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brage Vetrhus in the 10th minute of play forced ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goalkeeper Cristinel Gabriel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Asmund Sjøberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francisc Savu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 17 minutes in the game Iustin Pamfil did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Emanuel Vlaicu. In the 21st minute Brage Vetrhus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristinel Gabriel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute Brage Vetrhus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristinel Gabriel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 26 minutes into the game, The Nerd Herd's Brage Vetrhus nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cristinel Gabriel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 30th match minute, The Nerd Herd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brage Vetrhus to maneuver through the defense. In the 30th minute, Brage Vetrhus fired away a free kick at the goal, but hit it at the wrong angle and it went over the crossbar. Asmund Sjøberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tiberiu Vochin went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Brage Vetrhus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Cristinel Gabriel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brage Vetrhus, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Cristinel Gabriel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brage Vetrhus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s Iustin Pamfil got a free kick in the 42nd minute. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tiberiu Vochin made a kick off. Cristinel Gabriel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brage Vetrhus in the 52nd minute of the match. 58 minutes into the game, Brage Vetrhus cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Cristinel Gabriel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 64 minutes into the match, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goal looked a bit too open when Brage Vetrhus came free, but Cristinel Gabriel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 81st minute, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s Sorin Elian seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Sorin Elian the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Sorin Elian had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 80th minute. Penalty! After taking down the ball on The Nerd Herd's corner Bård Kjærvik fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Cristinel Gabriel quite easily take care of the ball. After 86 minutes ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bård Kjærvik who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Bård Kjærvik got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cristinel Gabriel quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s Tiberiu Vochin got a free kick in the 92nd minute. The The Nerd Herd players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ from taking control. The game ends in a draw.