U18 World League

EDE CT
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) Virgil Vergulescu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 10 minutes into the match, Virgil Vergulescu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sandro Tasso. Militros F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Virgil Vergulescu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 16th minute, Adriano Ortiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 17 played minutes, Rovine Craiova's Sandu Munteanu shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sandro Tasso 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 Rovine Craiova reached it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Virgil Vergulescu in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sandro Tasso prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Rovine Craiova's Virgil Vergulescu in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Militros F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Militros F.C.'s Sandro Tasso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Virgil Vergulescu in the 28th minute of play. After 29 minutes, Sandu Munteanu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rovine Craiova and the Militros F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 29th match minute, Rovine Craiova was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sandu Munteanu to maneuver through the defense. If Benedito Reis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dacian Patrichi in the 43rd minute of play forced Militros F.C.'s goalkeeper Sandro Tasso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute, Silviu Stoian made a precise shot to the right of Sandro Tasso. Militros F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Filipe Zanussi was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, Militros F.C.'s Filipe Zanussi got a free kick in the 52nd minute. The long shot by Sandu Munteanu in the 53rd minute really tested Sandro Tasso's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Filipe Zanussi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rovine Craiova made a substitution. Matei Comișel replaced Silviu Stoian. Through an outstanding action, after 58 minutes, Sandro Tasso successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Militros F.C.'s Sandro Tasso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matei Comișel in the 66th minute of play. Virgil Vergulescu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sandro Tasso read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 67th minute of play. After 68th play minutes Matei Comișel shot 0-3, a short shot which went by Sandro Tasso and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 72nd minute, Dacian Patrichi 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Virgil Vergulescu in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sandro Tasso saved Militros F.C. from getting behind. When Rovine Craiova's Matei Comișel in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Militros F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Dacian Patrichi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Sandro Tasso managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when Rovine Craiova's Matei Comișel fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Militros F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 82nd minute, when Virgil Vergulescu scored to the left of an out of position Sandro Tasso, making the score, 0-4. Dacian Patrichi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Sandro Tasso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sandro Tasso stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Matei Comișel's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. The audience was convinced that Matei Comișel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sandro Tasso was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. When the final whistle sounded Rovine Craiova left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Militros F.C..