România U21		Nippon U21
532	Tactics	NIPPON
62%	Possession	38%
22%	Play in the half	78%
31	Shots	0
1	Fouls	0
1	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0
11	Offsides	1
59.1	average mark	40.3
very good	Shooting	solid
solid	Passing	weak
excellent	Defending	weak

7 minute.
Here comes Hagiu, having a little trouble catching the ball. Hagiu centers. Pâslariu plays the ball off with his head. Piţigoi approaches the ball. Piţigoi shoots.
What a tremendous chance!

11 minute.
Furukawa centers. Throw-in. Ioanid, swiftly takes the throw-in. Stafidă lobs the ball high into the air. Piţigoi makes a diving header. Morita miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

35 minute.
Miyoshi approaches the ball. Stafidă approaches the ball. Stafidă lobs the ball high into the air. Pâslariu approaches the ball. Pâslariu shoots. Morita miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory. Pâslariu approaches the ball. Pâslariu shoots. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: România U21 26%, Nippon U21 74%.
None of the teams have managed to break the deadlock - the game remains closely poised!
România U21 - Nippon U21 0:0

46 minute.
Kurihara comes on to the pitch.

47 minute.
Tătar makes a sublime pass. Cocei plays the ball through. Ioanid approaches the ball. Ioanid lobs the ball high into the air. Piţigoi makes a diving header. Morita palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers. The ball dips, but not enough, it clips the bar.

48 minute.
Hirao has problems with catching the ball. Stafidă cleverly intercepts the pass. Stafidă centers. Pâslariu just manages to reach the ball first. Pâslariu shoots. The ball hits the post.
What a tremendous chance!

52 minute.
Piţigoi takes the ball on, but the ref holds up the play - offside. Barbaru comes on to the pitch. Ciauşoiu comes on to the pitch.

54 minute.
Ciauşoiu approaches the ball. Furukawa takes over possession. Barbaru cleverly intercepts the pass. Barbaru has a fantastic effort at goal. Morita makes a tremendous dive, but misses the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
România U21 - Nippon U21 1:0

60 minute.
Here comes Stafidă, having a little trouble catching the ball. Gherea just manages to reach the ball first. Gherea passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Ciauşoiu just manages to reach the ball first. Ciauşoiu has a fantastic effort at goal. Morita palms the ball clear. Barbaru approaches the ball. Barbaru takes a swing and hits it... Morita hopelessly throws himself behind the ball. The ball hits the bar.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
România U21 - Nippon U21 2:0

61 minute.
Căruţaşu comes on to the pitch.

68 minute.
Furukawa, swiftly takes the throw-in. Ioanid plays the ball through. Here comes Ciauşoiu, having a little trouble catching the ball. Ciauşoiu takes a swing and hits it... Morita makes a tremendous dive, but misses the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
România U21 - Nippon U21 3:0

72 minute.
Eguchi quickly takes the free-kick. Moldoveanu plays the ball off with his head. Furukawa has problems with catching the ball. Ioanid takes over possession. Ioanid centers. Morita palms the ball clear. Barbaru approaches the ball. Barbaru takes a swing and hits it...
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
România U21 - Nippon U21 4:0

75 minute.
Hirao takes over possession. Ciauşoiu just manages to reach the ball first. Stafidă makes a sublime pass. Barbaru just manages to reach the ball first. Barbaru has a fantastic effort at goal. The ball hits the bar. Here comes Kawanabe, having a little trouble catching the ball. Stafidă takes over possession. Stafidă shoots. Ciauşoiu approaches the ball.
Missed by few inches.

78 minute.
Căruţaşu has problems with catching the ball. Ishigame just manages to reach the ball first. Căruţaşu cleverly intercepts the pass. Căruţaşu centers. Barbaru rises up and heads the ball.
What a tremendous chance!

81 minute.
Ioanid makes a one-touch pass. Stafidă has problems with catching the ball. Stafidă makes an instep pass. Barbaru approaches the ball. Barbaru takes a swing and hits it...
What a tremendous chance!

84 minute.
Moldoveanu just manages to reach the ball first. Moldoveanu passes, it`s a high ball. Ciauşoiu plays the ball off with his head. Barbaru takes over possession. Barbaru shoots. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

86 minute.
Ishigame attempts to pass. Kurihara approaches the ball. The referee whistles for a foul Barbaru is guilty of misconduct. Barbaru is cautioned.

87 minute.
following a swift pass, Furukawa attempts to control the ball. Ioanid just manages to reach the ball first. Ioanid makes a one-touch pass. Barbaru takes over possession. Barbaru has a fantastic effort at goal. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers! Ciauşoiu approaches the ball. The assistant referee points to the corner. Ioanid approaches the corner-kick. He crosses towards the box. Barbaru gets his head on it.
What a tremendous chance!

90 minute.
Hagiu approaches the ball. Hagiu makes a one-touch pass. Ioanid lobs the ball high into the air. Barbaru just manages to reach the ball first. Barbaru has a fantastic effort at goal. Morita palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers. Ciauşoiu has problems with catching the ball. Ciauşoiu shoots.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
România U21 - Nippon U21 5:0

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: România U21 18%, Nippon U21 82%.
România U21 - Nippon U21 5:0