U18 World League

Alcatraz arena
Spectators: 7545 (Terracing: 5660, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Niculae Arbore made the kick off which started today's match. Ionică Alb hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Nichifor Mărăscu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erwin Wilminck, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. 10 minutes into the match, Carpathian Wolves's goalkeeper Nichifor Mărăscu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chiel Donderwinkel. Eddy Reitsma showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusebiu Uncescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. After 12 minutes, Geert Arend Strobos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Boca Gregorian Juniors and the Carpathian Wolves players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Boca Gregorian Juniors getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Geert Arend Strobos hit a great ball. Nicu Steriopol's late challenge caught a Boca Gregorian Juniors's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nicu Steriopol helped the player get up and apologised. In the 13th minute, Nicu Steriopol hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Carpathian Wolves booed when Boca Gregorian Juniors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Serge Merenga didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eddy Reitsma showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Codrin Aalexoaiei in the 21st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Boca Gregorian Juniors's Erwin Wilminck got a free kick in the 29th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Harmen Schenkhuizen got free with Nichifor Mărăscu in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 33rd match minute, Carpathian Wolves was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicu Steriopol to maneuver through the defense. Nichifor Mărăscu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erwin Wilminck in the 35th minute of play. Eddy Reitsma showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niculae Arbore in the 37th minute of the match. Geert Arend Strobos was shown his second yellow card after 38 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, Boca Gregorian Juniors's Geert Arend Strobos got a free kick in the 38th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Erwin Wilminck made a kick off. Carpathian Wolves's Codrin Aalexoaiei got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Eddy Reitsma showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusebiu Uncescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. A collision led to Carpathian Wolves getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Niculae Arbore hit a great ball. Niculae Arbore could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Eddy Reitsma made a huge save. In the 63rd minute, Carpathian Wolves's Eusebiu Uncescu ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Eddy Reitsma. Eddy Reitsma yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-1. Eddy Reitsma made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Codrin Aalexoaiei in the 66th minute of play. In the 67th minute, Niculae Arbore 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. Eddy Reitsma made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Codrin Aalexoaiei in the 70th minute of play. When Carpathian Wolves's Codrin Aalexoaiei in the 73rd minute got a chance for a shot 73rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Boca Gregorian Juniors's goalie prevented a goal. Eddy Reitsma came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Carpathian Wolves's Eusebiu Uncescu. But to his dismay, Eusebiu Uncescu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Carpathian Wolves's Nichifor Mărăscu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erwin Wilminck in the 83rd minute of play. Boca Gregorian Juniors's Eddy Reitsma played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Codrin Aalexoaiei in the 85th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 92 minutes, Eddy Reitsma successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Boca Gregorian Juniors's Eddy Reitsma proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save Boca Gregorian Juniors from getting a goal against them. The Carpathian Wolves players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.