U18 World League

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Spectators: 7866 (Terracing: 5901, Seating: 1809, VIP seats: 156) The mood of the audience was pleasant when German Txindoki made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to FC Fanaticii getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Marius Ganea hit a great ball. After some careless play in the FC Fanaticii defense, German Txindoki kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emanuel Giurcă. The FC Fanaticii fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emanuel Giurcă should have stopped the shot. Emanuel Giurcă showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elias Stephen in the 24th minute of the match. A collision led to Platense es de Primera!! getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Genaro Aguilera hit a great ball. Marius Ganea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnoldo Salvadore having to interfere. Conrado Damario's late challenge caught a FC Fanaticii's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Conrado Damario helped the player get up and apologised. In the 33rd minute, Conrado Damario hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Șerban Nanu came free with the goalkeeper in the 35th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Arnoldo Salvadore could save by the left post. In the 37th minute of the match FC Fanaticii got a corner. Platense es de Primera!!'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Aurelian Enișteanu ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Aurelian Enișteanu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Arnoldo Salvadore quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 38 minutes into the match, Platense es de Primera!!'s goalkeeper Arnoldo Salvadore had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Șerban Nanu. Arnoldo Salvadore made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marius Ganea in the 42nd minute of play. FC Fanaticii were awarded a corner in the 44th minute after Platense es de Primera!!'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Aurelian Enișteanu took the corner. FC Fanaticii's Aurelian Enișteanu was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Arnoldo Salvadore in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The FC Fanaticii players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Platense es de Primera!! were winning 0-1.

57 minutes into the match, Marius Ganea notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Platense es de Primera!!'s Arnoldo Salvadore. Arnoldo Salvadore was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Marius Ganea hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Platense es de Primera!!'s Anacleto Eguen slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Emanuel Giurcă. That made the score 1-2 after 65 minutes of play. With a little luck, FC Fanaticii's Emanuel Giurcă got control of the ball when Elias Stephen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Arnoldo Salvadore made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Șerban Nanu in the 70th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Conrado Damario hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arnoldo Salvadore showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marius Ganea in the 73rd minute of the match. Andres Enol hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Platense es de Primera!! defense, Mugurel Bărăian kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arnoldo Salvadore. The Platense es de Primera!! fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arnoldo Salvadore should have stopped the shot. In the 82nd minute, Bonifacio Ixidor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 84th match minute, Platense es de Primera!! was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andres Enol to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 87 minutes, Mugurel Bărăian managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Fanaticii's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mugurel Bărăian was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arnoldo Salvadore showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Șerban Nanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 96th minute of the game. One of Platense es de Primera!!:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC Fanaticii:s goal. In the 97th minute there was a penalty for FC Fanaticii. Aurelian Enișteanu stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Arnoldo Salvadore. 3-2. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. FC Fanaticii had won after a very even match.