U18 World League

Hippo Pool
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Einaras Bagdžiūnas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrei Marioara in the 4th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the match, Emilian Ciprian had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Einaras Bagdžiūnas. Savage Hippo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Emilian Ciprian was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 13 minutes of play, -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Andrei Marioara made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Einaras Bagdžiūnas was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 16th minute, Emilian Ciprian left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The -BZF- Petrolul Berca fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 20 minutes into the game, -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Marioara Miculescu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Einaras Bagdžiūnas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Einaras Bagdžiūnas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Andrei Marioara's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Andrei Marioara put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Einaras Bagdžiūnas. Jurgis Balčaitis hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. In the 32ndth minute of the game Andrei Marioara who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Savage Hippo's Einaras Bagdžiūnas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Savage Hippo's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marioara Dragușin was slow to take the kick. During this time -BZF- Petrolul Berca's players had a chance to rest. Almantas Kerežis charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Almantas Kerežis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Savage Hippo getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Almantas Kerežis hit a great ball. Einaras Bagdžiūnas came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Andrei Marioara. But to his dismay, Andrei Marioara quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. Savage Hippo's Einaras Bagdžiūnas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aurel Mustea in the 39th minute of play. After 41st play minutes Andrei Marioara shot 0-7, a short shot which went by Einaras Bagdžiūnas and just under the crossbar into goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Andrei Marioara in the 44th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Einaras Bagdžiūnas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 45th minute, Emilian Ciprian ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Einaras Bagdžiūnas was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Edgaras Oginskis to make the kick off. Einaras Bagdžiūnas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emilian Ciprian went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-9 was the resulting score. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Andrei Marioara in the 57th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Einaras Bagdžiūnas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Andrei Marioara who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 59thth minute tested the skills of Einaras Bagdžiūnas when he managed to save the team from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 66 minutes, Andrei Marioara put it in 0-11 from a short distance just to the right of Einaras Bagdžiūnas. Andrei Marioara let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 71st minute shot 0-12 at rihgt post. With his leg Einaras Bagdžiūnas managed to avoid a goal in the 74thth minute, when -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Andrei Marioara fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 75 minutes into the match, Andrei Marioara notched a goal, 0-13, to the right of Savage Hippo's Einaras Bagdžiūnas. Einaras Bagdžiūnas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a little luck, Savage Hippo's Einaras Bagdžiūnas got control of the ball when Andrei Marioara tried to sneak it across the goal line. Edgaras Oginskis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 83 minutes of play, -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Emilian Ciprian made it 0-14 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Einaras Bagdžiūnas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Einaras Bagdžiūnas didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Andrei Marioara shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-15 in the ordered_time% minute. With his leg Einaras Bagdžiūnas managed to avoid a goal in the 93rdth minute, when -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Andrei Marioara fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 95th minute, Aurel Mustea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Einaras Bagdžiūnas was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-17. When the match was over -BZF- Petrolul Berca could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Savage Hippo throughout the match.