U18 World League

Suha
Spectators: 7665 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Juan Jose Navarro took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of Lautaro L.P. booed when Granicerul was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Radu Jușcă didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Lautaro L.P. booed when Granicerul was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Didi Prodan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Granicerul's Narcis Coman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Visen Berna in the 7th minute of play. Radu Jușcă kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Quintán León in the 10th minute of play forced Granicerul's goalkeeper Narcis Coman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Lautaro L.P.'s Quintán León got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 15th minute, Ioan Blidaru 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. After having played for 18 minutes, Ioan Blidaru managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Granicerul's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ioan Blidaru was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 23rd minute Toader Gabrea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xabier Frick saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Narcis Coman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Quintán León in the 31st minute of the match. Lautaro L.P.'s Quintán León got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Juan Jose Navarro in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Narcis Coman saved Granicerul from getting behind. Xabier Frick took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dorinel Munteanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Dorinel Munteanu made the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Granicerul booed when Lautaro L.P. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sebastián Torrijos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Xabier Frick took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dorinel Munteanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Răzvan Geolgău in the 57th minute of play forced Lautaro L.P.'s goalkeeper Xabier Frick to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute Dorinel Munteanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xabier Frick saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 61st minute, Toader Gabrea made a precise shot to the right of Xabier Frick. Lautaro L.P.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Xabier Frick showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dorinel Munteanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Xabier Frick showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Răzvan Geolgău, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Răzvan Geolgău fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xabier Frick having to interfere. Răzvan Geolgău fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xabier Frick having to interfere. Sebastián Torrijos's late challenge caught a Granicerul's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sebastián Torrijos helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Lautaro L.P. getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Sebastián Torrijos hit a great ball. When Didi Prodan fell near the penalty area in the 75th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Granicerul's protests and gave Didi Prodan a yellow card for diving instead. In the 75th minute, one of Granicerul:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Granicerul. Narcis Coman had in the 76thth minute some difficulties stopping Juan Jose Navarro's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 79th minute Toader Gabrea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xabier Frick saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 80 played minutes Granicerul got a freekick which was hit by Radu Jușcă. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Visen Berna managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lautaro L.P.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Visen Berna was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Narcis Coman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 89 minutes into the match, Răzvan Geolgău had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Xabier Frick. Lautaro L.P.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Răzvan Geolgău was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Juan Jose Navarro's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 93rdth minute, Narcis Coman skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal.