U18 World League

Ceahlaul
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Valer Opincaru took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Matías Flores came up free with the goalie in the 2nd minute, the Los Kollas 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 Matías Flores couldn't finish the play. If Martino Abancens had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 5th minute, Guerau Abeijon made a precise shot to the right of Marian Bălan. FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Gabriel-Alejandro Wainaina made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valer Opincaru in the 8th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's Valer Opincaru slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gabriel-Alejandro Wainaina. That made the score 1-1 after 10 minutes of play. Marian Bălan didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Los Kollas's Martino Abancens shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Marian Bălan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guerau Abeijon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 23 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Martino Abancens sped through FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marian Bălan. The supporters of FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt booed when Los Kollas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matías Flores didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Martino Abancens in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marian Bălan saved FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt from getting behind. Marian Bălan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Martino Abancens's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. In the 37thth minute of the game Martino Abancens who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's Marian Bălan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 42 minutes into the match, FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's goal looked a bit too open when Guerau Abeijon came free, but Marian Bălan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 44 played minutes, Los Kollas's Valentine Aballe shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Marian Bălan 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 Los Kollas reached it. FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's Marian Bălan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martino Abancens in the 46th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Martino Abancens in the 48th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marian Bălan prevented the ball from getting in the gole.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Martino Abancens stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marian Bălan was a little too slow when Martino Abancens got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 56th minute. The score was now 1-5. Martino Abancens had several of the FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 60 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-6 score and a disappointed Marian Bălan as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 63rd minute Martino Abancens shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marian Bălan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65thth minute of the game Martino Abancens who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's Marian Bălan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 67 minutes into the game, Martino Abancens lined in a short shot 1-7 behind a frustrated Marian Bălan. In the 70thth minute of the game Martino Abancens who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's Marian Bălan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Matías Flores sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Los Kollas's Martino Abancens in the 73rd minute got a chance for a shot 73rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Martino Abancens in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marian Bălan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's Marian Bălan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martino Abancens in the 88th minute of play. FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's defense didn't have a chance, in the 93rd minute, when Martino Abancens scored to the left of an out of position Marian Bălan, making the score, 1-10. With his leg Marian Bălan managed to avoid a goal in the 97thth minute, when Los Kollas's Martino Abancens fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Los Kollas were clearly better and deserved to take the win.