U18 World League

J Mendoza
Spectators: 7489 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 148) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Liviu Buda made the kick off which started today's match. Amelie FC were furious when Silvano Orlo was red carded, 4 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Silvano Orlo hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. After 8 minutes of play, TAXI-MM-'s Nae Neguțu made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adolfo Fernado was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Liviu Buda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. TAXI-MM-'s Fabian Hudiță proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save TAXI-MM- from getting a goal against them. In the 21st match minute, Amelie FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Santos Checa to maneuver through the defense. Adolfo Fernado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Zdrenţu in the 22nd minute of play. In the 25th minute, Jimeno Igon 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. Adolfo Fernado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mugur Milcu in the 29th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nae Neguțu in the 30th minute of play forced Amelie FC's goalkeeper Adolfo Fernado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 33 minutes into the match, Liviu Buda notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Amelie FC's Adolfo Fernado. Adolfo Fernado was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 45 minutes of play, TAXI-MM-'s Liviu Buda made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adolfo Fernado was left in no man's land by his defense there!

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jimeno Igon to make the kick off. Nae Neguțu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Adolfo Fernado came out and tried to block the shot, but Nae Neguțu slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 51st minute. Amelie FC's Adolfo Fernado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Corneliu Chirea in the 57th minute of play. Amelie FC's Adolfo Fernado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liviu Buda in the 59th minute of play. Adolfo Fernado came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by TAXI-MM-'s Nae Neguțu. But to his dismay, Nae Neguțu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. Mugur Milcu scored 0-7 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Adolfo Fernado, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jimeno Igon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jeremias Cugat hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Mugur Milcu's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Adolfo Fernado firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 92nd match minute, TAXI-MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emil Bodnar to maneuver through the defense. When the match was over TAXI-MM- could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Amelie FC throughout the match.