U23 World League

Valinor
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) The audience was convinced that Andrei Davidescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eduard Bernátek was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. A collision led to The Valar getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Dan Ghițescu hit a great ball. The Valar's Iosif Vladimirescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Cristofor in the 13th minute of play. Areco FC's Eduard Bernátek proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Areco FC from getting a goal against them. The Valar's Iosif Vladimirescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sixto Bernaldo in the 18th minute of play. In the 18th match minute, Areco FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Venancio Tomi to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to The Valar getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Olimpiu Postelnicescu hit a great ball. Igor Cristofor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Iosif Vladimirescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eduard Bernátek made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Cătălin Creteanu sent off a good shot on target. In the 27th minute Gandalf Grey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eduard Bernátek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iosif Vladimirescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Natalio Nuñez went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Iosif Vladimirescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Igor Cristofor, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 40th minute, Venancio Tomi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Iosif Vladimirescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Cristofor in the 47th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Andrei Davidescu made a kick off. Iosif Vladimirescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benja Dominguez in the 52nd minute of the match. 55 minutes into the match, The Valar's goal looked a bit too open when Sixto Bernaldo came free, but Iosif Vladimirescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Valar's Iosif Vladimirescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benja Dominguez in the 58th minute of play. Iosif Vladimirescu came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Areco FC's Benja Dominguez. But to his dismay, Benja Dominguez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. When The Valar's Andrei Davidescu in the 81st minute got a chance for a shot 81st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Areco FC's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sixto Bernaldo in the 85th minute of play forced The Valar's goalkeeper Iosif Vladimirescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benja Dominguez recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 87th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 89th minute, Sorin Răduța hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Sixto Bernaldo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.