U18 World League

Arena Tradicional
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tudor Bodea kicked off to start the match. After 4 played minutes FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO got a freekick which was hit by Ronaldo de Carvalho. Umberto Torres made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petrică Ţirpescu in the 7th minute of play. In the 8th minute Mugur Siniştean shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Umberto Torres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 15thth minute of the game Mugur Siniştean who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's Umberto Torres was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 17 minutes FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Aurel Huștiu who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Unicorns ™'s corner Aurel Huștiu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Umberto Torres quite easily take care of the ball. Júnior Soeiro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Isac Drâmba made a huge save. The supporters of FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO booed when Unicorns ™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Calistrat Mihalcea didn't get a good kick on the ball. Júnior Soeiro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Isac Drâmba read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 24th minute of play. In the 28th minute, Tudor Bodea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Umberto Torres was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Mugur Siniştean fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Umberto Torres having to interfere. Umberto Torres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mugur Siniştean, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 37 minutes into the match, Tudor Bodea had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Umberto Torres. FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tudor Bodea was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 40 minutes into the match, Petrică Ţirpescu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Umberto Torres. FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Petrică Ţirpescu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Petrică Ţirpescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Unicorns ™'s supporters rose to their feet, but Petrică Ţirpescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Umberto Torres breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 44th minute Tudor Bodea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Umberto Torres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46th minute, Tudor Bodea left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Unicorns ™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

Tudor Bodea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Umberto Torres tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Unicorns ™'s Calistrat Mihalcea got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as Unicorns ™'s Calistrat Mihalcea slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Umberto Torres. That made the score 0-5 after 55 minutes of play. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Mugur Siniştean took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Umberto Torres to make any attempt to save it. Silvinho Braga kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, Mugur Siniştean dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Umberto Torres, 0-7. Umberto Torres made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mugur Siniştean in the 74th minute of play. José de Mendonça kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. The supporters of Unicorns ™ booed when FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Silvinho Braga didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's defense didn't have a chance, in the 80th minute, when Mugur Siniştean scored to the left of an out of position Umberto Torres, making the score, 0-8. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mugur Siniştean in the 88th minute of play forced FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's goalkeeper Umberto Torres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute, Calistrat Mihalcea 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. After a rather tough play, Unicorns ™'s Octavian Chivu got a free kick in the 97th minute. The FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Unicorns ™ were clearly better and deserved to take the win.