U18 World League

El Amalfitani
Spectators: 7659 (Terracing: 5746, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vinicio Espiridion kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, David Tello hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 4th minute of the match Lucrețiu Istrătescu shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fulgencio Intxixu showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 4 played minutes GoooooL got a freekick which was hit by Gavril Nicea. Esteban Quito's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Mihăiţă Ştefulescu firmly grabbed it by the left post. After 7 played minutes GoooooL got a freekick which was hit by Filip Otețea. Mihăiţă Ştefulescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victorio Koldo in the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th match minute, GoooooL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eugen Mănescu to maneuver through the defense. Esteban Quito succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 9th playminute. Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√'s Fulgencio Intxixu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiberiu Andone in the 18th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√'s Esteban Quito slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mihăiţă Ştefulescu. That made the score 3-0 after 21 minutes of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√'s Vinicio Espiridion slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mihăiţă Ştefulescu. That made the score 4-0 after 27 minutes of play. After having played for 30 minutes, Gavril Nicea managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GoooooL's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gavril Nicea was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 32nd minute of the match, Vinicio Espiridion tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mihăiţă Ştefulescu saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 34 minutes into the match, Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√'s goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Cigu came free, but Fulgencio Intxixu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Esteban Quito could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Mihăiţă Ştefulescu made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√'s Nemesio Servando slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mihăiţă Ştefulescu. That made the score 5-0 after 39 minutes of play. In the 42nd match minute, GoooooL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiberiu Andone to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the GoooooL defense, Esteban Quito kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mihăiţă Ştefulescu. The GoooooL fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mihăiţă Ştefulescu should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√'s Silvio Fidencio slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mihăiţă Ştefulescu. That made the score 7-0 after 47 minutes of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 7-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gavril Nicea to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Vinicio Espiridion's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mihăiţă Ştefulescu was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. 59 minutes into the match, Esteban Quito notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of GoooooL's Mihăiţă Ştefulescu. Mihăiţă Ştefulescu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, GoooooL's Lucrețiu Istrătescu got a free kick in the 67th minute. Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√ made a substitution. Efrain Jokin replaced Nemesio Servando. After 68 played minutes GoooooL got a freekick which was hit by Lucrețiu Istrătescu. GoooooL's Mihăiţă Ştefulescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Esteban Quito in the 69th minute of play. GoooooL were awarded a corner in the 74th minute after Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lucrețiu Istrătescu took the corner. After taking down the ball on GoooooL's corner Lucrețiu Istrătescu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Fulgencio Intxixu quite easily take care of the ball. The supporters of Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√ booed when GoooooL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aron Dobrea didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 76 played minutes, Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√'s Victorio Koldo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mihăiţă Ştefulescu 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 Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√ reached it. Mihăiţă Ştefulescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Efrain Jokin, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Efrain Jokin in the 81st minute of play forced GoooooL's goalkeeper Mihăiţă Ştefulescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laurențiu Floricel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Fulgencio Intxixu made a huge save. In the 87th minute, Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√'s goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Laurențiu Floricel fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 89th match minute, Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Tello to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as GoooooL's Lucrețiu Istrătescu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fulgencio Intxixu. That made the score 8-1 after 93 minutes of play. After a rather tough play, Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√'s Victorio Koldo got a free kick in the 95th minute. In the last second Fulgencio Intxixu throw himself and got hold of the ball when Gavril Nicea in the 97thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Fulgencio Intxixu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gavril Nicea in the 98th minute of the match. Đ∈p○rㄒﺃν○ ∈kдㄒ○m√'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.