U23 World League

CRYSTYAN Arena
Spectators: 7542 (Terracing: 5658, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tiberiu Vochin started the match with the kick off. Cristinel Gabriel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anton Finnman in the 5th minute of play. Cristinel Gabriel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilhelm Gregersson in the 7th minute of play. Cristinel Gabriel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anton Finnman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s Emanuel Vlaicu got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 16th minute ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ were awarded a corner. Francisc Savu went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Francisc Savu almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Wyoming Cowboys's Philip McNamara did a great save. 19 minutes into the match, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goal looked a bit too open when Eskil Larsson came free, but Cristinel Gabriel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goal looked a bit too open when Anton Finnman came free, but Cristinel Gabriel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Wyoming Cowboys's goal looked a bit too open when Francisc Savu came free, but Philip McNamara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tiberiu Vochin took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Philip McNamara. Philip McNamara dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s attentive Mihnea Jula managed to snatch the ball when Ragnar McNamara made a throw-in in the 35th minute of the game. Cristinel Gabriel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilhelm Gregersson in the 37th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goal looked a bit too open when Wilhelm Gregersson came free, but Cristinel Gabriel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute Sven Billock shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristinel Gabriel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

In the 54th minute ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ were awarded a corner. Francisc Savu went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Francisc Savu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Philip McNamara quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 55th minute of the match ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ got a corner. Wyoming Cowboys's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Francisc Savu ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s corner Francisc Savu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Philip McNamara quite easily take care of the ball. In the 64th minute of the match, Anton Finnman got a very nice opportunity to score, but Cristinel Gabriel was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s Cristinel Gabriel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ from getting a goal against them. Matei Iorgu struck a weak shot in the 77th minute. Philip McNamara didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™. In the 78th match minute, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiberiu Vochin to maneuver through the defense. Philip McNamara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matei Iorgu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Matei Iorgu during the 88th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Matei Iorgu hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Cristinel Gabriel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anton Finnman in the 91st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven Billock in the 93rd minute of play forced ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goalkeeper Cristinel Gabriel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95thth minute of the game Matei Iorgu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Wyoming Cowboys's Philip McNamara was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Many of Wyoming Cowboys's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Wyoming Cowboys may have spent more time on the ball, but ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.