National Stadium
Spectators: 15937 (Terracing: 10000,
Seating: 5464, VIP seats: 473) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lucio Roldan started the match with the kick off. Ismael Loiola's late challenge caught a U21 Romania's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ismael Loiola helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd minute, Ismael Loiola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Héctor Casse made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Șerban Duldurescu sent off a good shot on target. Maximo Oalo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ionică Răchiteanu having to make a save. Ionică Răchiteanu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maximo Oalo, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Cristian Borza hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Ionică Răchiteanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucio Roldan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Héctor Casse took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Șerban Duldurescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 19th minute of the match U21 Romania got a corner. U21 Argentina's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cristian Borza ran over to the corner to take the kick. U21 Romania's Mihail Uncescu was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Héctor Casse in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 25th minute Șerban Duldurescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Héctor Casse saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind U21 Romania's goalkeeper Ionică Răchiteanu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. U21 Romania's Mihail Uncescu managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Evaristo Markel in the 27 minute of the game. In the 28th minute, U21 Romania's Șerban Duldurescu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Ionică Răchiteanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximo Oalo in the 31st minute of the match. With a little luck, U21 Argentina's Héctor Casse got control of the ball when Șerban Duldurescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ionică Răchiteanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximo Oalo in the 37th minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, Lucio Roldan notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of U21 Romania's Ionică Răchiteanu. Ionică Răchiteanu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Șerban Duldurescu came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the U21 Romania 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 Șerban Duldurescu couldn't finish the play. Ismael Loiola hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Șerban Duldurescu to strike the kick off in the second half. Marius Dragota kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Ionică Răchiteanu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maximo Oalo, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 59th minute U21 Romania were awarded a corner. Cristian Borza went to the cornerflag to take it. U21 Romania's Emanuel Fința was substituted for Șerban Duldurescu. U21 Romania made a substitution. Florin Chitila replaced Adam Şelaru. The throw-in from Alex Ţiţeica in the 66th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by U21 Argentina's Alto Bigotte. U21 Romania's Ionică Răchiteanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sabino Eutropio in the 74th minute of play. The supporters of U21 Romania booed when U21 Argentina was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evaristo Markel didn't get a good kick on the ball. 84 minutes into the game, Marius Dragota threw the ball into play from the sideline. U21 Argentina's Evaristo Markel quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. A sloppy throw-in by Marius Dragota in the 87th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by U21 Argentina's Evaristo Markel. U21 Romania's Ionică Răchiteanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolas Rumaldo in the 88th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, U21 Argentina's Baltasar Pelayo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ionică Răchiteanu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Evaristo Markel fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Argentina's protests and gave Evaristo Markel a yellow card for diving instead. Neither U21 Romania or U21 Argentina succeeded in finding a winner during the second half. That meant the players faced another 30 minutes of extra-time.
The players didn't get much rest, but they still tried to pep each other up as they lined up for the first half in overtime. U21 Argentina's Nicolas Rumaldo started the play with his kick off. U21 Romania's Ionică Răchiteanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolas Rumaldo in the 99th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolas Rumaldo in the 101st minute of play forced U21 Romania's goalkeeper Ionică Răchiteanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After taking down the ball on U21 Argentina's corner Florencio Lartaun fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ionică Răchiteanu quite easily take care of the ball. Ionică Răchiteanu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Rumaldo, who was totally free with the ball in the 105th minute. Ionică Răchiteanu came out of the goal in the 105th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Argentina's Nicolas Rumaldo. But to his dismay, Nicolas Rumaldo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. U21 Argentina had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.
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