U23 World League

BENAVALLEN
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joacim Strömbom kicked off to start the match. Luca Berevoescu charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luca Berevoescu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Luca Berevoescu hit a great ball. 8 minutes into the game, Matei Iorgu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Gaspar Leheren was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 23 minutes, Silviu Barascu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ and the BENA FK players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 23 played minutes ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ got a freekick which was hit by Silviu Barascu. In the 24th match minute, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Berevoescu to maneuver through the defense. Joacim Strömbom could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Cristinel Gabriel made a huge save. After 26 minutes ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ludvig Söderquist who took care of the corner kick. Gaspar Leheren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matei Iorgu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28th minute, Mihnea Jula hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joacim Strömbom in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cristinel Gabriel saved ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ from getting behind. In the 37th minute, Viorel Stănciulaş hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 44 minutes ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ludvig Söderquist who took care of the corner kick. After the first half ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Matei Iorgu to strike the kick off in the second half. Gaspar Leheren was out of position in the 52 minute of play, and Matei Iorgu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Matei Iorgu really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Matei Iorgu got free with Gaspar Leheren in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ludvig Söderquist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristinel Gabriel having to interfere. Gigel Bălan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Gaspar Leheren tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alf Lund in the 64th minute of play forced ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goalkeeper Cristinel Gabriel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luca Berevoescu was shown his second yellow card after 73 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 73rd minute, Luca Berevoescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mihnea Jula hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Joacim Strömbom's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristinel Gabriel was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Gaspar Leheren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gigel Bălan in the 87th minute of the match. Gaspar Leheren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gigel Bălan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Gabby Cristi hit a great ball. ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s Cristinel Gabriel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ludvig Söderquist in the 91st minute of play. Silviu Barascu was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 96 minutes into the match. 95 minutes into the game, one of ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Cristinel Gabriel had in the 97thth minute some difficulties stopping Ludvig Söderquist's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball.