World League

Idas Valley Stadium
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Avram Elenescu made the kick off and thus started the match. Pedro Pelayo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Avram Elenescu in the 13th minute of the match. FC Buzău's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Leonard Aanuţei in the 21st minute. A nice corner shot did that Leonard Aanuţei got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pedro Pelayo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 22nd minute Avram Elenescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Pelayo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Osvaldo Bernat came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Stellenbosch 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 Osvaldo Bernat couldn't finish the play. In the 27th minute Osvaldo Bernat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gheorghe Baldovin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pedro Pelayo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Emil Strugure's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. Pedro Pelayo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Avram Elenescu went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Osvaldo Bernat in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gheorghe Baldovin saved FC Buzău from getting behind. Gheorghe Baldovin didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Stellenbosch's Osvaldo Bernat shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 44th minute of the match Stellenbosch got a corner. FC Buzău's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Virgilio Remicio ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Virgilio Remicio almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Buzău's Gheorghe Baldovin did a great save. Pedro Pelayo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Traian Balaban, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Osvaldo Bernat to strike the kick off in the second half. Pedro Pelayo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Traian Balaban, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 57th minute Traian Balaban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Pelayo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stellenbosch made a substitution. Laureano Gora replaced Severo Mingo. Pedro Pelayo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Avram Elenescu in the 67th minute of play. Leonard Aanuţei's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pedro Pelayo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. In the 71st minute Flóki Cabezudo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gheorghe Baldovin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Flóki Cabezudo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gheorghe Baldovin was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. 75 minutes into the match, Flóki Cabezudo notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of FC Buzău's Gheorghe Baldovin. Gheorghe Baldovin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Stellenbosch's Pedro Pelayo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonard Aanuţei in the 80th minute of play. Gheorghe Baldovin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Flóki Cabezudo in the 81st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC Buzău's Cătălin Arjoca got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Gheorghe Baldovin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flóki Cabezudo in the 84th minute of play. In the 85th minute, Flóki Cabezudo 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. Pedro Pelayo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonard Aanuţei in the 87th minute of play. Ştefan Trif made in the 89th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Vintilă Stoicea immediately put the ball in play. When Stellenbosch's Flóki Cabezudo in the 91st minute got a chance for a shot 91st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Buzău's goalie prevented a goal. Juan Fernando Quinteros hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match.