U23 World League

Court of Destiny
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) In the 3rd minute Albert Panaitoiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teo Bakker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Damian Tender showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eutichios Pagarliotas, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Victor Răcănel scored 0-1 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Teo Bakker, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to No Shit!! getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Peter Bergmeester hit a great ball. Through an outstanding action, after 12 minutes, Damian Tender successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The supporters of No Shit!! booed when RED BLUE STAR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vlad Ştirbu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Teo Bakker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albert Panaitoiu in the 17th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Răcănel in the 19th minute of play forced No Shit!!'s goalkeeper Teo Bakker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karel Borst's late challenge caught a RED BLUE STAR's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Karel Borst helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to No Shit!! getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Karel Borst hit a great ball. Victor Răcănel took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Teo Bakker. Teo Bakker dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. 34 minutes into the match, No Shit!!'s goal looked a bit too open when Albert Panaitoiu came free, but Teo Bakker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Teo Bakker came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by RED BLUE STAR's Victor Răcănel. But to his dismay, Victor Răcănel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Răcănel in the 38th minute of play forced No Shit!!'s goalkeeper Teo Bakker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th minute of the match Narcis Voiculescu sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Teo Bakker skillfully saved the ball. Teo Bakker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albert Panaitoiu, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Narcis Voiculescu in the 44th minute of play forced No Shit!!'s goalkeeper Teo Bakker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Victor Răcănel managed to get in a good position for a shot. RED BLUE STAR's supporters rose to their feet, but Victor Răcănel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Teo Bakker breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Teo Bakker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albert Panaitoiu in the 46th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Eutichios Pagarliotas made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Eutichios Pagarliotas notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of RED BLUE STAR's Damian Tender. Damian Tender was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 61 minutes into the match, No Shit!!'s goalkeeper Teo Bakker had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Albert Panaitoiu. After a rather tough play, RED BLUE STAR's Gabriel Manciulea got a free kick in the 64th minute. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Victor Răcănel took a quick shot and it went in 1-5 without a chance for Teo Bakker to make any attempt to save it. Teo Bakker made an important save on a dangerous shot by Albert Panaitoiu in the 77th minute. Narcis Voiculescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Teo Bakker made a huge save. Albert Panaitoiu's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 88thth minute, Teo Bakker skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eutichios Pagarliotas in the 90th minute of play forced RED BLUE STAR's goalkeeper Damian Tender to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Damian Tender showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eutichios Pagarliotas in the 92nd minute of the match. A collision led to RED BLUE STAR getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Grigore Buzgar hit a great ball.