U18 World League

Piernitas Liting
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) Arturo Tono started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Silviu Stoian sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Rovine Craiova getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Ionică Drâmba hit a great ball. Guansa's Aurelio Sabin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sandu Munteanu in the 12th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Dacian Patrichi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aurelio Sabin was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. When Virgil Vergulescu came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Rovine Craiova 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 Virgil Vergulescu couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Rovine Craiova booed when Guansa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lino Bonadona didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Dacian Patrichi put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Aurelio Sabin. Aurelio Sabin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Virgil Vergulescu went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Aurelio Sabin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Virgil Vergulescu in the 30th minute of the match. When Zacarias Fagildo fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Guansa's protests and gave Zacarias Fagildo a yellow card for diving instead. After 35 played minutes Guansa got a freekick which was hit by Zacarias Fagildo. Sandu Munteanu took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 35th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Aurelio Sabin. Guansa's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Aurelio Sabin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Virgil Vergulescu went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Aurelio Sabin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sandu Munteanu in the 47th minute of the match. After the first half Rovine Craiova were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Virgil Vergulescu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 54 minutes, Ionică Istodor mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rovine Craiova and the Guansa players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 54th match minute, Rovine Craiova was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ionică Istodor to maneuver through the defense. In the 58th minute, Virgil Vergulescu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Aurelio Sabin. The goal made the score 0-5. When Dacian Patrichi fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rovine Craiova's protests and gave Dacian Patrichi a yellow card for diving instead. In the 63rd match minute, Rovine Craiova was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dacian Patrichi to maneuver through the defense. With splendid footwork Matei Comișel arrived in front of goal to shoot 0-6 by the left pole in the game's 66th minute. In the 69th minute, Matei Comișel left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rovine Craiova fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. Aurelio Sabin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matei Comișel in the 74th minute of play. Guansa's Aurelio Sabin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dacian Patrichi in the 75th minute of play. In the 78th minute, Sandu Munteanu fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. The supporters of Rovine Craiova booed when Guansa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcelo Estefan didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arturo Tono during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 85th minute, Arturo Tono hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arturo Tono was shown his second yellow card after 87 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of Rovine Craiova booed when Guansa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arturo Tono didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Guansa's Zacarias Fagildo got a free kick in the 90th minute. Sandu Munteanu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aurelio Sabin having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded Rovine Craiova left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Guansa.