U18 World League

BARRIO LAS LILAS
Spectators: 6871 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nik Nicola started the match with the kick off. Narciso Aballe didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tudor Bratoloveanu went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Narciso Aballe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tudor Bratoloveanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 9th minute, Andrei Nicola ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Narciso Aballe was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Narciso Aballe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nik Nicola in the 13th minute of play. When Marcial Gines came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP 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 Marcial Gines couldn't finish the play. Narciso Aballe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nik Nicola in the 15th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Nik Nicola put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Narciso Aballe. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrei Nicola in the 19th minute of play forced LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goalkeeper Narciso Aballe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Narciso Aballe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrei Nicola, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Mircea Avacariței managed to avoid a goal in the 27thth minute, when LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Rigoberto Cordarrol fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Roman Tirso kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Narciso Aballe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nik Nicola, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Andrei Nicola scored 0-4 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Narciso Aballe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 38th minute, Emanuel Rogoz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP defense, Nik Nicola kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Narciso Aballe. The LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Narciso Aballe should have stopped the shot. Andrei Nicola scored 0-6 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Narciso Aballe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 48 minutes into the match, Ivan Gheordunescu notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Narciso Aballe. Narciso Aballe was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-7 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rigoberto Cordarrol stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Narciso Aballe made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Tudor Bratoloveanu sent off a good shot on target. After 55 minutes, Roman Tirso mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP and the FC Urzicuța players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 55 played minutes LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP got a freekick which was hit by Roman Tirso. Mircea Avacariței made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rigoberto Cordarrol in the 59th minute of play. Nik Nicola could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Narciso Aballe made a huge save. In the 68th minute, Aldo Kemen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 70 played minutes FC Urzicuța got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Rogoz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nik Nicola in the 71st minute of play forced LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goalkeeper Narciso Aballe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Urzicuța were furious when Ivan Gheordunescu was red carded, 73 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 72 minutes into the game, one of FC Urzicuța:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP a penalty, 74 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Florencio Eguzki, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of FC Urzicuța's Mircea Avacariței. 1-7. Narciso Aballe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrei Nicola in the 83rd minute of play. Narciso Aballe made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Tudor Bratoloveanu sent off a good shot on target. Narciso Aballe was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and Tudor Bratoloveanu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tudor Bratoloveanu really showed his touch with that goal: 1-8. Narciso Aballe came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Urzicuța's Tudor Bratoloveanu. But to his dismay, Tudor Bratoloveanu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-10. FC Urzicuța's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.