U23 World League

Jeringa arena
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ivan Şumălan started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes of play, ☢️ Jeringa Fc☢️'s Alto Jering made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Virgil Lixandru was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 6th minute, Toko Tétah left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ☢️ Jeringa Fc☢️ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After a defensive mix-up in ☢️ Jeringa Fc☢️'s zone, Cornel Bourceanu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Pedro Catalán came out of the goal and Cornel Bourceanu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Basarab Patriciu hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aureliano Ceandro in the 14th minute of play forced Juventus PTM's goalkeeper Virgil Lixandru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 16 played minutes Alto Jering scored with a long sweeping shot just to the left of Virgil Lixandru who was too lazy, 3-0. Alto Jering who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 20thth minute tested the skills of Virgil Lixandru when he managed to save the team from getting behind. José Pedro Catalán showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Şumălan in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 34th minute Cornel Bourceanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Pedro Catalán saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Virgil Lixandru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronald Mac Donald in the 40th minute of the match. Virgil Lixandru showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronald Mac Donald, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. José Pedro Catalán showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cornel Bourceanu in the 48th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alto Jering stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Juventus PTM's Virgil Lixandru played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronald Mac Donald in the 51st minute of play. A collision led to Juventus PTM getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Horaţiu Tinu hit a great ball. Alto Jering took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 53rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Virgil Lixandru. Juventus PTM's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Virgil Lixandru took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronald Mac Donald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Juventus PTM getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Dacian Muncelean hit a great ball. Juventus PTM's Cornel Doman shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 66th minute of play. The shot was stopped by José Pedro Catalán but with some difficulty. Virgil Lixandru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toko Tétah in the 69th minute of play. In the 71st minute Alto Jering shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgil Lixandru saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, ☢️ Jeringa Fc☢️'s José Pedro Catalán got control of the ball when Cornel Bourceanu tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Juventus PTM's Ivan Şumălan ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind José Pedro Catalán. José Pedro Catalán yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ivan Şumălan during the 86th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Juventus PTM getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Ivan Şumălan hit a great ball. A collision led to ☢️ Jeringa Fc☢️ getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Alto Jering hit a great ball. Ivan Şumălan took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised José Pedro Catalán. José Pedro Catalán dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. When the referee blew the final whistle, ☢️ Jeringa Fc☢️ could leave the field as winners, despite Juventus PTM having more of the ball for most of the match.