Match Report
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Daniel Zorlescu (5', 21', 25', 69')
Isac Ciocotea (13')
| Romania Under-21 | Argentina Under-21 | ||
| Formation | 5-2-3_v11  | 5-2-3_v11 | |
| Style | Attacking / Short Passing | Attacking / Short Passing | |
| Offside Trap | No | No | |
| Tackling | Easy | Normal | |
| Pressing | Low | Normal | |
| Counter Attack | No | No | |
| One-on-Ones | Yes | No | |
| Marking | Man to Man | Man to Man | |
| High Balls | Yes | Yes | |
| Keeping Style | Not Defined | Not Defined | |
| First Time Shots | Yes | Yes | |
| Long Shots | Yes | Yes | |
| Possession | 41% | 59% | |
| Shots | 7 | 7 | |
| Shots on Goal | 4 | 5 | |
| Effectiveness | 57% | 43% | |
| Short Passes (%) | 75% | 87% | |
| Long Passes (%) | 25% | 13% | |
| Fouls | 29 | 19 | |
| Comment |
| A crowd of 39101 arrived at the stadium (with a full capacity of 45200 terraces) to see Romania Under-21 - Argentina Under-21! The weather is very bad today, it is snowing heavily. It will be a hard game! The players of Romania Under-21 are able to use their long shots ability. The players of Argentina Under-21 are able to use their long shots ability. After 5 minutes, Daniel Zorlescu shows a great understanding with Pavel Ştefan, they make a combination move all the way to the area... Daniel Zorlescu still with the ball, tries to chip it over the keeper... and scores! Great goal by Daniel Zorlescu! The scoreboard is now 1-0. Substitution for Argentina Under-21 at 5 minutes. Federico Rossy is leaving giving his place to Mauro Sánchez. Romania Under-21's players seem to be lacking some strength in comparison with their opponents on the hard pitch. 8 minutes, a free kick occurs that can be very dangerous for the defensive line of Romania Under-21. Aníbal Moya runs to the ball, shoots..... and it's a goal. Aníbal Moya smashed it past the keeper with a powerful shot!! With this goal for Argentina Under-21 the result is now 1-1. The players of Argentina Under-21 seem to be successfully using their first-time shots ability. The players of Romania Under-21 seem to be successfully using their first-time shots ability. The marking style applied by Argentina Under-21's players is working very well today. The pressing made by the players of Romania Under-21 seems to be working alright. Their opponents show some problems when they try to pass the ball among themselves. 21 minutes according to the clock, Daniel Zorlescu receives a short pass from Pavel Ştefan. Still very far away from the box, he slowly moves towards the goal... and with nobody expecting it, Daniel Zorlescu fires a 30-yard shot and scores. What a shot by Daniel Zorlescu!! The result is now 2-1. The time is now 25 minutes, when Pavel Ştefan makes the supporters of Romania Under-21 jump out of their chairs, when showing great style he dribbles past two defenders. When another one gets in his way, he passes to Daniel Zorlescu who races clear to the goal... Daniel Zorlescu shoots the ball, which amazingly hits the post, deflects across the goal line, hits the other post and goes in. Strange goal for Romania Under-21! 3-1 is the result after this goal for Romania Under-21. The marking style applied by Romania Under-21's players is working very well today. Around 38 minutes, Xavier Lopes dribbles through the opponent's defensive line, and passes the ball to Aníbal Moya, who tries to chip it over the keeper... but Vasile Dine predicts this one, and catches the ball without a problem! 42 minutes according to the clock, a crossed pass to the box by Xavier Lopes finds Aníbal Moya clear, who shoots strongly... no chance for the keeper! A rewarding goal for Argentina Under-21! With this goal, the result is now 3-2. At half time, the result is 3-2. So far, the home side is not keeping much of the ball possession. Argentina Under-21 held the ball 62% of the time, while Romania Under-21 had it for much less with only 38%. It's a strange match so far. While Argentina Under-21 throws away goal chances, the home side is much more effective and they are scoring. Clearly an unfair result. 52 minutes, after a pass by Pavel Ştefan, Daniel Zorlescu gets around his marker and enters the box but he completely misses the target! Due to the last movements from the players of Argentina Under-21, it seems that their manager ordered them a formation change. The time is now 69 minutes, when Pavel Ştefan manages to release himself from his marker, and with excellent vision drives a pass that falls beautifully for Daniel Zorlescu who shoots immediately and manages to squirm the ball under the legs of the goalkeeper, scoring the goal. He was a bit lucky with that shot. 4-2 is the result after this goal for Romania Under-21. Argentina Under-21 seems to be changing their style even though they continue to attack. Changes by Argentina Under-21. They have clearly changed the direction of their attack flow. After 77 minutes, Aníbal Moya manages to release himself from his marker, and with excellent vision drives a pass that falls beautifully for Luis Daniel Soares who shoots immediately and manages to squirm the ball under the legs of the goalkeeper, scoring the goal. He was a bit lucky with that shot. The result is now 4-3. 83 minutes, Aníbal Moya passes to Xavier Lopes, who immediately returns the pass. Aníbal Moya dribbles his way into the box... nobody appears in front of Aníbal Moya, so he takes a chance on a shot. However, Vasile Dine is well placed in goal and has no difficulties saving this one. 87 minutes are counted, a free kick occurs that can be very dangerous for the defensive line of Argentina Under-21. Daniel Zorlescu runs to the ball, shoots..... but the ball hits Sergio Herrera and it's a corner kick for Romania Under-21. After the end of the match, the home side kept the one goal lead that they had at half time. Romania Under-21 won the match by a slight advantage. Nicely done! |
