U23 World League

Academia RIO
Spectators: 8023 (Terracing: 6019, Seating: 1845, VIP seats: 159) Ziemowit Gdowski made the kick off and thus started the match. After a rather tough play, Academia Rio's Adrian Blănaru got a free kick in the 4th minute. Aurelian Coporan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ziemowit Gdowski in the 4th minute of the match. Ziemowit Gdowski might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aurelian Coporan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ziemowit Gdowski ran back to his position shaking his head. 6 minutes into the match, Academia Rio's goal looked a bit too open when Ziemowit Gdowski came free, but Aurelian Coporan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 11 minutes into the match, Ziemowit Gdowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aurelian Coporan. Academia Rio's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ziemowit Gdowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Aurelian Coporan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ziemowit Gdowski in the 15th minute of the match. Aurelian Coporan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ziemowit Gdowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 19 minutes into the match, Ziemowit Gdowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aurelian Coporan. Academia Rio's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ziemowit Gdowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Viseu United were awarded a corner in the 23th minute after Academia Rio's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ahmet Ali Tayfur took the corner. The corner ended in Ahmet Ali Tayfur almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Academia Rio's Aurelian Coporan did a great save. Ruben Jurgi hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Academia Rio's Virgil Şimonca came free and shot a quick shot against goal 29 minutes in the game, fortunately Adrian Txindoki had problems saving as it came toward the left post. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Viseu United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dumitru Pantelimon was slow to take the kick. During this time Academia Rio's players had a chance to rest. Alex Nicolae made in the 35th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Adrian Blănaru immediately put the ball in play. Adrian Txindoki made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Sergiu Coșeriu sent off a good shot on target. Ziemowit Gdowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ziemowit Gdowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Aurelian Coporan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Academia Rio defense, Ziemowit Gdowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aurelian Coporan. The Academia Rio fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aurelian Coporan should have stopped the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sergiu Coșeriu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Academia Rio booed when Viseu United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 50 match minutes in a wonderful position. Martin Min didn't get a good kick on the ball. 55 minutes into the match, Viseu United's goal looked a bit too open when Aron Suşu came free, but Adrian Txindoki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aurelian Coporan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ziemowit Gdowski in the 57th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Academia Rio defense, Ziemowit Gdowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aurelian Coporan. The Academia Rio fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aurelian Coporan should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Academia Rio defense, Ziemowit Gdowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aurelian Coporan. The Academia Rio fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aurelian Coporan should have stopped the shot. Viseu United made a substitution. Israel Barea replaced Ziemowit Gdowski. Academia Rio's attentive Sergiu Coșeriu managed to snatch the ball when Ulises Giménez made a throw-in in the 75th minute of the game. Israel Barea took the ball and in the 77 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aurelian Coporan. Aurelian Coporan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. Israel Barea's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aurelian Coporan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. Viseu United's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mateus Valverde in the 82nd minute. Viseu United's Mateus Valverde was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Aurelian Coporan in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Ulises Giménez made in the 85th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Academia Rio's Valeriu Ilinca. 88 minutes into the match, Israel Barea notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of Academia Rio's Aurelian Coporan. Aurelian Coporan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Viseu United eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.