U21 World League

BaLiSt Arena
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) Paralia Athens's Mike Cai started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ke Zhou Yuan charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ke Zhou Yuan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ke Zhou Yuan kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC BaLiSt's Tiberiu Achim got a free kick in the 4th minute. After 7 minutes FC BaLiSt's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gonzalo Taibo who took care of the corner kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Florin Braica got free with Virgil Olariu in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 9 played minutes Paralia Athens got a freekick which was hit by Aron Nedelcea. Paralia Athens's Virgil Olariu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Paralia Athens from getting a goal against them. Iosif Panescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mike Cai in the 19th minute of the match. Mike Cai took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iosif Panescu. Iosif Panescu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Iosif Panescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mike Cai in the 32nd minute of the match. Virgil Olariu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Harhoiu in the 34th minute of play. Iosif Panescu came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Paralia Athens's Mike Cai. But to his dismay, Mike Cai quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 40 minutes into the match, FC BaLiSt's goal looked a bit too open when Mike Cai came free, but Iosif Panescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 42 minutes FC BaLiSt's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gonzalo Taibo who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Paralia Athens's Gonzalo Taibo to fire away a dangerous shot which Iosif Panescu despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 44 minutes into the match, Mike Cai had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Iosif Panescu. FC BaLiSt's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mike Cai was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Virgil Olariu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gavril Cudalb, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. In the 47th minute, Emil Harhoiu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Virgil Olariu. The goal made the score 1-3.

Virgil Olariu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Harhoiu in the 54th minute of play. 59 minutes into the game, Mike Cai cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Iosif Panescu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. FC BaLiSt's Mihăiţă Corbeanu was substituted for Răzvan Frumuzache. In the 63rd minute, Paralia Athens's Agostinho Moura seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Agostinho Moura the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Paralia Athens protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Agostinho Moura had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 62 minutes into the game, one of Paralia Athens:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Virgil Olariu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florin Braica in the 72nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mike Cai in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Iosif Panescu saved FC BaLiSt from getting behind. After 75 minutes, Mike Cai made it 2-5 with a short kick to the right side. FC BaLiSt's Iosif Panescu tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. FC BaLiSt's Mircea Irod was substituted for Laurențiu Encica. Virgil Olariu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emil Harhoiu in the 80th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emil Harhoiu in the 81st minute of play forced Paralia Athens's goalkeeper Virgil Olariu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Emil Harhoiu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Virgil Olariu was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Traian Muscaș received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Virgil Olariu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Paralia Athens's Petru Văidianu got a free kick in the 85th minute. In the 94th minute, Gabriel Dragușin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC BaLiSt fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Dragușin in the 98th minute of play forced Paralia Athens's goalkeeper Virgil Olariu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see FC BaLiSt lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.