National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Pavel Alexandru made the kick off and thus started the match. Emanuel Encuțu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ezequiel Rainerio in the 4th minute. Atilano Barros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Alexandru in the 7th minute of the match. Atilano Barros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pavel Alexandru in the 9th minute of play. After having played for 13 minutes, Landon Donovan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Landon Donovan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. U21 Mexico's Atilano Barros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pavel Alexandru in the 19th minute of play. U21 Mexico were awarded a corner in the 30th minute after U21 Romania's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Fabio Fresco took the corner. Atilano Barros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Alexandru in the 33rd minute of the match. U21 Mexico's Atilano Barros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pavel Alexandru in the 36th minute of play. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alexander Messi was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Romania's players had a chance to rest. In the 40th minute, Ezequiel Rainerio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 42 minutes into the game, Alex Aguinaga threw the ball into play from the sideline. U21 Romania's Vlad Opaina quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Atilano Barros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pavel Alexandru in the 44th minute of play. A collision led to U21 Romania getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Eric Tremurici hit a great ball.

The wind increased when John-Paul Motowski made the kick off in the second half. Emanuel Encuțu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Landon Donovan in the 52nd minute of the match. Atilano Barros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pavel Alexandru in the 55th minute of play. U21 Romania's Emanuel Encuțu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ezequiel Rainerio in the 56th minute of play. In the 60th minute Pavel Alexandru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atilano Barros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by John-Paul Motowski in the 65th minute of play forced U21 Romania's goalkeeper Emanuel Encuțu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. U21 Romania's Remus Nișu was substituted for Vlad Opaina. U21 Mexico made a substitution. Vương Nghiêm-Minh replaced Ezequiel Rainerio. U21 Mexico made a substitution. Santo Mambru replaced Epifanio Senen. Alex Aguinaga hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. In the 70th minute, Mugurel Banica fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. 79 minutes into the game, Ceferino Gabon was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Mexico's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Romania the free kick. Ceferino Gabon kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Eric Tremurici could shoot a difficult shot in the 80th minute, which Atilano Barros however easily saved by the left post. Atilano Barros didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pavel Alexandru went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Landon Donovan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emanuel Encuțu having to interfere. A collision led to U21 Romania getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Gigel Zburliş hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Landon Donovan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emanuel Encuțu was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. A collision led to U21 Romania getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Mugurel Banica hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Prudencio Pabla in the 95th minute of play forced U21 Romania's goalkeeper Emanuel Encuțu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.