U21 World League

Franck Ribery Arena
Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mădălin Petruescu kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Progresul Pitesti's goal looked a bit too open when Vinícius Braga came free, but Victor Ciociu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Victor Ciociu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vinícius Braga in the 5th minute of play. Vinícius Braga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Victor Ciociu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vinícius Braga in the 8th minute of the match. Dragoş Oloieru could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Dênis Albuquerque made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Progresul Pitesti's George Buteanu got a free kick in the 14th minute. Victor Ciociu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gugu Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Victor Ciociu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vinícius Braga in the 19th minute of the match. 22 minutes into the match, Progresul Pitesti's goal looked a bit too open when Gugu Mendonça came free, but Victor Ciociu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aristide Cordescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Dênis Albuquerque tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 28th minute, Mircea Măgură hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vinícius Braga recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 32 minutes into the match, Progresul Pitesti's goal looked a bit too open when Vinícius Braga came free, but Victor Ciociu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th minute, Vinícius Braga made a precise shot to the right of Victor Ciociu. Progresul Pitesti's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Dênis Albuquerque showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aristide Cordescu in the 41st minute of the match. Vinícius Braga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Victor Ciociu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Victor Ciociu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vinícius Braga in the 45th minute of play. 48 minutes into the match, Progresul Pitesti's goal looked a bit too open when Gugu Mendonça came free, but Victor Ciociu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gugu Mendonça to strike the kick off in the second half. In a very dangerous position, a player in Progresul Pitesti fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 55th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Victor Ciociu, was totally fooled by OxentePaisa Salcity's Zé Pedro Leal, who 57 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. With his leg Victor Ciociu managed to avoid a goal in the 59thth minute, when OxentePaisa Salcity's Gugu Mendonça fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The supporters of Progresul Pitesti booed when OxentePaisa Salcity was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alessandro Soeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gugu Mendonça's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 67thth minute, Victor Ciociu skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Victor Ciociu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vinícius Braga, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Victor Ciociu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gugu Mendonça in the 72nd minute. After a rather tough play, Progresul Pitesti's Mihăiţă Şchiopu got a free kick in the 82nd minute. When Germano da Silveira fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored OxentePaisa Salcity's protests and gave Germano da Silveira a yellow card for diving instead. In the 85th match minute, OxentePaisa Salcity was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Germano da Silveira to maneuver through the defense. In the 89th minute Vinícius Braga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Ciociu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gugu Mendonça scored 0-3 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Victor Ciociu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 98th minute, Alessandro Soeiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.