U18 World League

Central Park
Spectators: 7659 (Terracing: 5746, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) Sporting Royal's Felix Stolniciu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Panait Emilianu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Lorien in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 11th minute, Ramiro Arnalt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 14th minute, Paul Rainea reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Carolo Isidor. The goal made the score 1-0. Panait Emilianu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marco Lorien in the 19th minute of play. In the 24th minute, Paul Rainea 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. Carolo Isidor made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Isac Flamaropol sent off a good shot on target. 27 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Carolo Isidor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adam Novac. Panait Emilianu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Lorien in the 28th minute of the match. Carolo Isidor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paul Rainea, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Carolo Isidor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adam Novac in the 36th minute. Ramiro Arnalt's late challenge caught a Sporting Royal's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ramiro Arnalt helped the player get up and apologised. Ramiro Arnalt kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Carolo Isidor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paul Rainea in the 39th minute of play. In the 45th minute, Adam Novac left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sporting Royal fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marco Lorien made a kick off. Carolo Isidor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Stolniciu in the 54th minute of play. In the 55th minute Paul Rainea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carolo Isidor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carolo Isidor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Stolniciu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sporting Royal's Grigore Pacurar was substituted for Isac Flamaropol. Sporting Royal's Pavel Râznicu was substituted for Mihăiţă Beniuc. Carolo Isidor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paul Rainea, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66th match minute, Sporting Royal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Stolniciu to maneuver through the defense. Carolo Isidor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Stolniciu in the 69th minute of the match. The supporters of AFC FUSION booed when Sporting Royal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Costin Băcioiu didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Sporting Royal getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Costin Băcioiu hit a great ball. In the 72nd minute of the match, Maximiliano Batista got a very nice opportunity to score, but Panait Emilianu was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. If Ramiro Arnalt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paul Rainea in the 77th minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Carolo Isidor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carolo Isidor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Stolniciu, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Carolo Isidor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Stolniciu in the 87th minute of play. A collision led to AFC FUSION getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Marco Lorien hit a great ball. After 93 played minutes, Sporting Royal's Iosif Prezan shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Carolo Isidor came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Sporting Royal reached it. In the 96th minute Felix Stolniciu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carolo Isidor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. There was no doubt that Sporting Royal were the better team. Sporting Royal's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.