U18 World League

Monumental Arena
Spectators: 7988 (Terracing: 5992, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) After 5 played minutes Barcelona de América got a freekick which was hit by Palacios Rabel. When FC BaLiSt's Florin Braica in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Barcelona de América's goalie prevented a goal. Fabio Marines took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florin Braica, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Florin Braica sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Traian Muscaș struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Fabio Marines didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC BaLiSt. An unexpectedly hard shot by Traian Muscaș in the 17th minute of play forced Barcelona de América's goalkeeper Fabio Marines to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Florin Braica received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Fabio Marines tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sergiu Marin kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Samuel Bazo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Leonard Baran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 34thth minute of the game Florin Braica who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Barcelona de América's Fabio Marines was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Leonard Baran was a little too slow when Pancho Leceta got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 41st minute. The score was now 1-0.

After 54 minutes of play, Barcelona de América's Pancho Leceta made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leonard Baran was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the FC BaLiSt defense, Calderón Palazuelos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leonard Baran. The FC BaLiSt fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leonard Baran should have stopped the shot. If Florin Braica had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Florin Braica's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fabio Marines was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. 66 minutes into the match, Pancho Leceta had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Leonard Baran. FC BaLiSt's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pancho Leceta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. FC BaLiSt made a substitution. Bogdan Ungheanu replaced Mihăiţă Corbeanu. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Florin Braica put it in 5-1 from a short distance just to the right of Fabio Marines. Florin Braica fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabio Marines having to interfere. In the 86th match minute, Barcelona de América was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Javier Landeras to maneuver through the defense. Barcelona de América made a substitution. Ulises Casanande replaced Pancho Leceta. Javier Landeras kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. FC BaLiSt's Sergiu Marin shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 88th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Fabio Marines but with some difficulty. After 93 minutes, Edison Mendez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Barcelona de América and the FC BaLiSt players grew even worse after the yellow card. Edison Mendez hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. In the 96th minute, Traian Muscaș ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabio Marines was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-2. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Barcelona de América had won after a very even match.