U21 World League

The Twelfth Raven
Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) Rolf de Pelsmacker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iulian Buciu in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th minute, Christoffel Stocks hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 6 minutes into the match, Alex Răduț had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rolf de Pelsmacker. Twelve Ravens's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alex Răduț was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 8 minutes, Irinel Peptan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Unicorns ™ and the Twelve Ravens players grew even worse after the yellow card. Irinel Peptan kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Rolf de Pelsmacker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Răduț in the 16th minute of the match. Alex Răduț might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rolf de Pelsmacker. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alex Răduț ran back to his position shaking his head. Iacob Surdu hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Unicorns ™'s Albert Şania got a free kick in the 24th minute. Rolf de Pelsmacker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Răduț, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Twelve Ravens's Rolf de Pelsmacker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iulian Buciu in the 32nd minute of play. The attack was good, but when Denis Negruț in the 33rd minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Răduț in the 35th minute of play forced Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Rolf de Pelsmacker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute Alex Răduț shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rolf de Pelsmacker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th match minute, Twelve Ravens was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christoffel Stocks to maneuver through the defense. Iacob Surdu kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Guilian van haeve stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Corneliu Vulpăşin came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Twelve Ravens's Guilian van haeve. But to his dismay, Guilian van haeve quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. After 57 played minutes Twelve Ravens got a freekick which was hit by Will deconinck. Rolf de Pelsmacker didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alex Răduț went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Irinel Peptan kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Corneliu Vulpăşin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dirk Versluys, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Edward Verhelst hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Rolf de Pelsmacker stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alex Răduț's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. The audience was convinced that Iulian Buciu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rolf de Pelsmacker was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. Corneliu Vulpăşin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guilian van haeve in the 75th minute of play. Rolf de Pelsmacker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iulian Buciu in the 77th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Eusebiu Ştiubei kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rolf de Pelsmacker. That made the score 1-5 in the 86 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Twelve Ravens's Guilian van haeve got a free kick in the 89th minute. Alex Răduțs short, quick shot in the 92ndth minute got Rolf de Pelsmacker to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. A collision led to Twelve Ravens getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Christoffel Stocks hit a great ball. When the final whistle sounded Unicorns ™ left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Twelve Ravens.