U18 World League

Sarmisegetuza
Spectators: 7659 (Terracing: 5746, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marius Capisizu started the match with the kick off. 7 minutes into the match, Dacians Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Alfie Stonehouse came free, but Cristinel Cartiș reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 9th minute, Jacek Kielb ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristinel Cartiș was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Cristinel Cartiș took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacek Kielb, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 23rd minute of the match Niculae Alb shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Doug Soussan showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Korona Kielce's Jacek Kielb got a free kick in the 27th minute. Dacians Academy's Cristinel Cartiș played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacek Kielb in the 32nd minute of play. Cristinel Cartiș showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfie Stonehouse in the 34th minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, Eric Pell notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Dacians Academy's Cristinel Cartiș. Cristinel Cartiș was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eric Pell in the 44th minute of play forced Dacians Academy's goalkeeper Cristinel Cartiș to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dacians Academy's Cristinel Cartiș played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eric Pell in the 46th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jacek Kielb stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Alfie Stonehouse 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. Cristinel Cartiș stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eric Pell's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. Cristinel Cartiș came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Korona Kielce's Jacek Kielb. But to his dismay, Jacek Kielb quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Korona Kielce made a substitution. Alexander Darko replaced Camron Blake. Cristinel Cartiș was a little too slow when Felix Bailey got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 70th minute. The score was now 0-5. In the 73rd minute, Korona Kielce's Felix Bailey dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. Robert Crainic hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. After 81 played minutes Korona Kielce got a freekick which was hit by Eric Pell. Cristinel Cartiș made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alexander Darko in the 85th minute. 89 minutes into the match, Dacians Academy's goalkeeper Cristinel Cartiș had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jacek Kielb. The supporters of Korona Kielce booed when Dacians Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toader Ghercioiu didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tom Tully in the 93rd minute of play forced Dacians Academy's goalkeeper Cristinel Cartiș to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dacians Academy's Cristinel Cartiș played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacek Kielb in the 96th minute of play. If Jacek Kielb had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Korona Kielce's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.