National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gabe Batistuta made the kick off which started today's match. Eric Neacșu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juliusz Glogowski in the 10th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Juliusz Glogowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eric Neacșu was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. 15 minutes into the game, Gabe Batistuta was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Poland's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Romania the free kick. In the 15th match minute, U21 Poland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabe Batistuta to maneuver through the defense. In the 16th minute, Dan Cârneci 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. 21 minutes into the match, U21 Poland's goal looked a bit too open when Iulian Arnăutu came free, but Bernard Fabiański reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 23 minutes into the match, Juliusz Glogowski notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of U21 Romania's Eric Neacșu. Eric Neacșu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Eric Neacșu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juliusz Glogowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Eric Neacșu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juliusz Glogowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Poland's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Leonard Rasimowicz in the 36th minute. U21 Poland's Julian Nocny was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Eric Neacșu in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After some careless play in the U21 Romania defense, Juliusz Glogowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eric Neacșu. The U21 Romania fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eric Neacșu should have stopped the shot. Alexandru Izvoranu hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. When Juliusz Glogowski came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the U21 Poland fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Juliusz Glogowski couldn't finish the play. Gabriel-Omar Batistuta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Bernard Fabiański tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gabriel-Omar Batistuta to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, U21 Romania's Ferdinand Burileanu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bernard Fabiański narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 55th minute U21 Romania were awarded a corner. Ferdinand Burileanu went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Gabriel-Omar Batistuta got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-3. 55 minutes into the match. Bernard Fabiański showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ionică Săceanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Bernard Fabiański showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ionică Săceanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. U21 Poland's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Leonard Rasimowicz in the 66th minute. Alexandru Izvoranu got a throw-in 70 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Ionică Săceanu. A collision led to U21 Romania getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Gabriel-Omar Batistuta hit a great ball. Iulian Arnăutu kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. After 79 minutes of play, U21 Poland's Gabe Batistuta made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eric Neacșu was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 85th match minute, U21 Romania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pavel Manciulescu to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute, Leonard Rasimowicz 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 89 played minutes U21 Poland got a freekick which was hit by Gabe Batistuta. Alexandru Izvoranu made in the 93rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Ionică Săceanu immediately put the ball in play. After some careless play in the U21 Poland defense, Ionică Săceanu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bernard Fabiański. The U21 Poland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bernard Fabiański should have stopped the shot. U21 Poland were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over U21 Romania's much stronger midfield.