U18 World League

Construction Site
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Team in construction's Silviu Gherdan started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Silviu Gherdan's late challenge caught a Floriana Celtics's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Silviu Gherdan helped the player get up and apologised. In the 4th minute, Silviu Gherdan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Floriana Celtics's Clayton Manduca got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Nicodim Hurgoi came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Team in construction 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 Nicodim Hurgoi couldn't finish the play. 10 minutes into the match, Team in construction's goal looked a bit too open when Tim Callus came free, but Anton Iorda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 14 minutes of play, Floriana Celtics's Tim Callus made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anton Iorda was left in no man's land by his defense there! Anton Iorda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Clayton Manduca in the 17th minute of the match. Anton Iorda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Clayton Manduca in the 18th minute of the match. Nicodim Hurgoi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anthony Bigeni having to interfere. 28 minutes into the match, Clayton Manduca notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Team in construction's Anton Iorda. Anton Iorda was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 33 minutes into the match, Silviu Gherdan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anthony Bigeni. Floriana Celtics's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Silviu Gherdan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. A throw-in in the 37th minute of the game was made by Nigel Dingli with Bjorn Gellel as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 46th minute, Silviu Gherdan 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.

The wind increased when Clayton Manduca made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the game, Tim Callus cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Anton Iorda was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 57 minutes into the match, Clayton Manduca dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Anton Iorda, 1-5. After a rather tough play, Team in construction's Maxim Udrea got a free kick in the 64th minute. Clayton Manduca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anton Iorda having to interfere. During the 68th minute of the match Dinu Lupoaia completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Dinu Lupoaia a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Dinu Lupoaia kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tim Callus got free with Anton Iorda in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 76th minute, Thomas Galdes had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. 76 minutes into the game, Dragoş Bogătan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Team in construction's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Floriana Celtics the free kick. After a rather tough play, Team in construction's Dragoş Bogătan got a free kick in the 76th minute. In the 77th minute, Dragoş Bogătan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Simon Deguara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Simon Deguara fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anton Iorda having to interfere. The supporters of Floriana Celtics booed when Team in construction was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Codruț Lucrețiu didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Tim Callus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anton Iorda made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Tim Callus sent off a good shot on target. The Team in construction fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Floriana Celtics were clearly better and deserved to take the win.