U18 World League

17 de Octubre
Spectators: 7721 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Leonard Caragea got the match started through his kick off. In the 5thth minute of the game Leonard Caragea who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Justicialista FC's Conrado Guillelmus was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Justicialista FC's Aquilino Acosta got a free kick in the 6th minute. Buffalo Timişoara's defense didn't have a chance, in the 13th minute, when Honorato Lobo scored to the left of an out of position Ilie Mavrogheni, making the score, 1-0. After some careless play in the Justicialista FC defense, Leonard Caragea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Conrado Guillelmus. The Justicialista FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Conrado Guillelmus should have stopped the shot. Conrado Guillelmus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mugur Covataru, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. The audience was convinced that Honorato Lobo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilie Mavrogheni was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Buffalo Timişoara's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Honorato Lobo was slow to take the kick. During this time Justicialista FC's players had a chance to rest. Aquilino Acosta kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. In the 29th minute of the match Buffalo Timişoara got a corner. Justicialista FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mugur Hudiță ran over to the corner to take the kick. A collision led to Justicialista FC getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Honorato Lobo hit a great ball. After 42 minutes of play, Justicialista FC's Honorato Lobo made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilie Mavrogheni was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luciano Quinton stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Conrado Guillelmus made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Leonard Caragea sent off a good shot on target. 57 minutes into the match, Buffalo Timişoara's goal looked a bit too open when Alonzo Arnau came free, but Ilie Mavrogheni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ilie Mavrogheni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aquilino Acosta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 59th minute, Aquilino Acosta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th minute of the match Ionuț Zăgănescu shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Conrado Guillelmus showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Conrado Guillelmus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mugur Covataru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 68 minutes into the match, Buffalo Timişoara's goal looked a bit too open when Luciano Quinton came free, but Ilie Mavrogheni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Justicialista FC booed when Buffalo Timişoara was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ionuț Zăgănescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Luciano Quinton's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilie Mavrogheni was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Ilie Mavrogheni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Honorato Lobo went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Honorato Lobo in the 83rd minute of play forced Buffalo Timişoara's goalkeeper Ilie Mavrogheni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Buffalo Timişoara's Conrado Guillelmus threw himself towards the right post 86 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Iustinian Gurlui, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Justicialista FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Iustinian Gurlui 96 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 4-4. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.