U18 World League

Eduardo Galeano
Spectators: 7736 (Terracing: 5803, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) Doctor Sabin succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 13th playminute. After having played for 17 minutes, Doctor Sabin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. los nadies's supporters crossed their fingers, but Doctor Sabin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Damian Mikelats during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 22 minutes of play, ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s Cătălin Octavian made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ruben Cordarin was left in no man's land by his defense there! los nadies's Ruben Cordarin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cătălin Octavian in the 29th minute of play. Nae Morar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Doctor Sabin in the 35th minute. Ruben Cordarin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cătălin Octavian in the 39th minute of play. When Damian Mikelats was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 40 minutes had been played. In the 41st minute, Damian Mikelats hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 42 played minutes, ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s Lucian Gâțea shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ruben Cordarin came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ASF BAIA MARE -MM- reached it. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The wind increased when Doctor Sabin made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Miguel Hartz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nae Morar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nae Morar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Doctor Sabin in the 60th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Cătălin Octavian could shoot a difficult shot in the 67th minute, which Ruben Cordarin however easily saved by the left post. Miguel Hartz hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mădălin Bănățeanu in the 73rd minute of play forced los nadies's goalkeeper Ruben Cordarin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute, Miguel Hartz made a precise shot to the right of Nae Morar. ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. 82 minutes into the match, ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Hermengildo Eneko came free, but Nae Morar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Cătălin Octavian notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of los nadies's Ruben Cordarin. Ruben Cordarin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. ASF BAIA MARE -MM- played a much better game than los nadies and deserved their victory. The los nadies players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.