U18 World League

The Camp No
Spectators: 7677 (Terracing: 5758, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alfredo Baez took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 minutes, Gheorghe Leucuța mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Alexandria Team08 and the Creekers players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 3 played minutes Alexandria Team08 got a freekick which was hit by Gheorghe Leucuța. In the 4th minute, Duke Carter 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. Mohammed Bautista took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Traian Sucigan. Traian Sucigan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. After some careless play in the Alexandria Team08 defense, Alfredo Baez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Traian Sucigan. The Alexandria Team08 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Traian Sucigan should have stopped the shot. Mohammed Bautista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Traian Sucigan having to interfere. Sidney Keene took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vintilă Bâru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 18 minutes into the game, Alfredo Baez recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Traian Sucigan. Alfredo Baez showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-1. Sidney Keene showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferdinand Şteţ, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Sidney Keene made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Amânaloae in the 24th minute of play. Creekers's Rudy Trotter managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Traian Dăianu in the 26 minute of the game. Sidney Keene showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vintilă Bâru in the 28th minute of the match. Rudy Trotter sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 33 minutes of play, Alexandria Team08's Manuel Amânaloae made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sidney Keene was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sidney Keene took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vintilă Bâru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Alexandria Team08 getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Manuel Amânaloae hit a great ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-2.

Sidney Keene made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Amânaloae in the 51st minute of play. Weston Daly hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. In the 54th minute Cristinel Focșa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidney Keene saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Creekers's Rudy Trotter got a free kick in the 54th minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 57 minutes into the game, when Stacey Geiger put in a rough tackle. In the 58th minute, the referee gave Alexandria Team08 a penalty. Cristinel Focșa looked confident and blasted the ball into goal by the left post, totally unstoppable for Sidney Keene. After a rather tough play, Creekers's Rudy Trotter got a free kick in the 61st minute. Sidney Keene took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Amânaloae, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Traian Sucigan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfredo Baez, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. If Alfredo Baez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Traian Sucigan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Duke Carter in the 70th minute of play. Ion Turcescu's late challenge caught a Creekers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ion Turcescu helped the player get up and apologised. Ion Turcescu kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Traian Sucigan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfredo Baez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Traian Sucigan came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by Creekers's Alfredo Baez. But to his dismay, Alfredo Baez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-3. Weston Daly hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Duke Carter blasted a shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Traian Sucigan having to make a save. If Alfredo Baez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sidney Keene didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Traian Dăianu went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-4 was the resulting score. When Valentin Smarandache fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Alexandria Team08's protests and gave Valentin Smarandache a yellow card for diving instead. Valentin Smarandache hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.