U18 World League

Arena Sandinense
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Adam Novac started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 5thth minute of the game Felix Stolniciu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sandinense ADF's Paulinho Berger was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Adam Novac's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paulinho Berger was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. After 11 minutes, Egídio Vale mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sandinense ADF and the Sporting Royal players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th minute, Egídio Vale hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 13 minutes, Adam Novac made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Sandinense ADF's Paulinho Berger tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 18 minutes, Adam Novac made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Sandinense ADF's Paulinho Berger tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 27th minute, Mihăiţă Beniuc hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ferdinand Magheru kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. When Fernandão Quadros came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Sandinense ADF 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 Fernandão Quadros couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Paul Rainea managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sporting Royal's supporters rose to their feet, but Paul Rainea was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Paulinho Berger breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Sporting Royal's Adam Novac in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sandinense ADF's goalie prevented a goal. After 45 played minutes Sandinense ADF got a freekick which was hit by Simão Mesquita. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Egídio Vale to make the kick off. Sporting Royal's Adam Novac was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 51st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Adam Novac received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Paulinho Berger came out and tried to block the shot, but Adam Novac slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 55th minute. Adam Novac who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 58thth minute tested the skills of Paulinho Berger when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Egídio Vale received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Aron Bogatu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adam Novac in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Paulinho Berger saved Sandinense ADF from getting behind. Ramón Hoffmann took the ball and in the 70 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aron Bogatu. Aron Bogatu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-4. A hard shot by Adam Novac from long distance, 82 minutes into the match, got Paulinho Berger's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. With a little luck, Sandinense ADF's Paulinho Berger got control of the ball when Adam Novac tried to sneak it across the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, Adam Novac had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paulinho Berger. Sandinense ADF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adam Novac was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. Paulinho Berger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Stolniciu in the 90th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adam Novac in the 93rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Paulinho Berger saved Sandinense ADF from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Felix Stolniciu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sporting Royal's supporters rose to their feet, but Felix Stolniciu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Paulinho Berger breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sporting Royal's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.