U23 World League

CRYSTYAN Arena
Spectators: 7740 (Terracing: 5806, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) Romeo Jurado made the kick off and thus started the match. 6 minutes into the game, David Milcoveanu recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Juan Ignacio Grove. David Milcoveanu showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Jurado in the 13th minute of play forced ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goalkeeper Dumitru Moraru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xaiver Besa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dumitru Moraru having to make a save. Dumitru Moraru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xaiver Besa in the 15th minute of the match. Dumitru Moraru came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Navalito's Xaiver Besa. But to his dismay, Xaiver Besa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Navalito's attentive Paulo José Carioca managed to snatch the ball when Iordache Măliță made a throw-in in the 25th minute of the game. Xaiver Besa scored 1-2 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dumitru Moraru, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 30th minute, Xaiver Besa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After having played for 32 minutes, Xaiver Besa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Navalito's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xaiver Besa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Xaiver Besa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 34 minutes into the match, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goal looked a bit too open when Xaiver Besa came free, but Dumitru Moraru reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dumitru Moraru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xaiver Besa in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iurie Sabău in the 40th minute of play forced Navalito's goalkeeper Juan Ignacio Grove to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 41 minutes into the match, Xaiver Besa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dumitru Moraru. ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xaiver Besa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. A sloppy throw-in by Avram Hârlab in the 46th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Navalito's Delfino Vos de Vos.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and David Milcoveanu made a kick off. Dumitru Moraru didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Navalito's Xaiver Besa shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-4 in the ordered_time% minute. When Mircea Balint fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s protests and gave Mircea Balint a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Navalito booed when ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mircea Balint didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s Dumitru Moraru got control of the ball when Romeo Jurado tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xaiver Besa in the 66th minute of play forced ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s goalkeeper Dumitru Moraru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dumitru Moraru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xaiver Besa in the 69th minute of play. Dumitru Moraru was out of position in the 75 minute of play, and Xaiver Besa capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Xaiver Besa really showed his touch with that goal: 1-6. Navalito's Elazar Cacho was substituted for Lorencio Winter. Dumitru Moraru stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Xaiver Besa's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. Dumitru Moraru made an important save on a dangerous shot by Xaiver Besa in the 87th minute. Xaiver Besa received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dumitru Moraru came out and tried to block the shot, but Xaiver Besa slotted it home off the left post making it 1-8 in the 89th minute. ⚽️FC CRYSTYAN ACADEMY⚽️ ™'s Dumitru Moraru played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xaiver Besa in the 92nd minute of play. In the 93rd match minute, Navalito was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gert Luijpers to maneuver through the defense. Navalito's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.