U18 World League

Arena SuperChango
Spectators: 7665 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ivan Şumălan got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Juventus PTM's goalkeeper Virgil Lixandru had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Celestino Urbez. If Celestino Urbez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, SuperChango's Eduardo Luix got a free kick in the 11th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Juventus PTM's zone, Isaias Abastas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Virgil Lixandru came out of the goal and Isaias Abastas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Gualterio Enaut had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Virgil Lixandru came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by SuperChango's Celestino Urbez. But to his dismay, Celestino Urbez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. After 26 played minutes SuperChango got a freekick which was hit by Eduardo Luix. German Indar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iustin Macamete in the 31st minute of the match. 36 minutes into the match, SuperChango's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Şumălan came free, but German Indar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iustin Macamete's late challenge caught a SuperChango's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Iustin Macamete helped the player get up and apologised. Virgil Lixandru stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Celestino Urbez's shot from short distance in the 48th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Celestino Urbez to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Celestino Urbez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Virgil Lixandru. Juventus PTM's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Celestino Urbez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Virgil Lixandru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celestino Urbez in the 61st minute of the match. When SuperChango's Celestino Urbez in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Juventus PTM's goalie prevented a goal. SuperChango's Leandro Emeterio quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Filip Ozon, made in the 66th minute of the game. In the 69th minute, Filip Ozon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Virgil Lixandru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celestino Urbez in the 70th minute of the match. In the 72ndth minute of the game Celestino Urbez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Juventus PTM's Virgil Lixandru was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Juventus PTM getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Filip Ozon hit a great ball. In the 78th minute, Iustin Macamete reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of German Indar. The goal made the score 2-1. Virgil Lixandru didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Celestino Urbez went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. SuperChango's Leandro Emeterio quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Filip Ozon, made in the 90th minute of the game. 94 minutes into the match, Juventus PTM's goal looked a bit too open when Celestino Urbez came free, but Virgil Lixandru reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Virgil Lixandru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celestino Urbez in the 95th minute of play. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. SuperChango were victorious despite being under pressure from Juventus PTM for much of the match.