U18 World League

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Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) After 2 minutes, Cornel Mihai mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Minerul Baita -MM- and the the xeneise dream team players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 2nd match minute, Minerul Baita -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cornel Mihai to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Cornel Mihai managed to get in a good position for a shot. Minerul Baita -MM-'s supporters rose to their feet, but Cornel Mihai was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Javier Raymon breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Javier Raymon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cornel Mihai in the 11th minute of the match. Javier Ereinotz's late challenge caught a Minerul Baita -MM-'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Javier Ereinotz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 14th minute, Javier Ereinotz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Minerul Baita -MM- defense, Generoso Suarez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aurelian Vârlan. The Minerul Baita -MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aurelian Vârlan should have stopped the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cosmin Bobeica in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Javier Raymon prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Aurelian Vârlan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Uriel Domiku, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Uriel Domiku during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, the xeneise dream team's Uriel Domiku got a free kick in the 31st minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cosmin Bobeica during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Cosmin Bobeica hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Javier Raymon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cosmin Bobeica in the 37th minute of the match. After 37 played minutes the xeneise dream team got a freekick which was hit by Generoso Suarez. When Cosmin Bobeica came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Minerul Baita -MM- fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cosmin Bobeica couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cosmin Bobeica in the 43rd minute of play forced the xeneise dream team's goalkeeper Javier Raymon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Minerul Baita -MM-'s Aurelian Vârlan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elvio Rik in the 46th minute of play. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind Minerul Baita -MM-'s goalkeeper Aurelian Vârlan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Generoso Suarez to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th match minute, Minerul Baita -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cornel Mihai to maneuver through the defense. Blas Salvator took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 55th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Aurelian Vârlan. Minerul Baita -MM-'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Nicolae Mandache received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Javier Raymon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 62 minutes, Fabian Grozuță mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Minerul Baita -MM- and the the xeneise dream team players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fabian Grozuță kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Javier Raymon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cosmin Bobeica in the 66th minute of play. Nicolae Mandache's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Javier Raymon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 67th minute of play. During the 68th minute of the match Javier Ereinotz completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Javier Ereinotz a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 68th match minute, the xeneise dream team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Javier Ereinotz to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 70 minutes, Nicolae Mandache managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Minerul Baita -MM-'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Nicolae Mandache was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 75 minutes, Frank Miner mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Minerul Baita -MM- and the the xeneise dream team players grew even worse after the yellow card. Javier Raymon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ionuț Baran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute, Generoso Suarez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aurelian Vârlan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Ionuț Baran sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 92nd minute, Frank Miner hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Minerul Baita -MM- supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching the xeneise dream team's performance. The match ended with a win for the xeneise dream team.