U21 World League

Berca Arena
Spectators: 7741 (Terracing: 5807, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Andrei Marioara got the match started through his kick off. Adam Ghițulescu's late challenge caught a Vancouver Reds's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adam Ghițulescu helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to -BZF- Petrolul Berca getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Adam Ghițulescu hit a great ball. Adam Ghițulescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Heriberto Walton having to interfere. -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Nistor Arjoca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hassan Barth in the 20th minute of play. Romeo Ghișerel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of -BZF- Petrolul Berca booed when Vancouver Reds was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hassan Barth didn't get a good kick on the ball. Andrei Marioara recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 30 minutes into the game, -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Marioara Miculescu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Heriberto Walton made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. After 35 minutes -BZF- Petrolul Berca's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lamont Gilbert who took care of the corner kick. Emilian Ciprian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Heriberto Walton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nistor Arjoca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jerry Lawler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emilian Ciprian in the 39th minute of play forced Vancouver Reds's goalkeeper Heriberto Walton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Heriberto Walton came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Andrei Marioara. But to his dismay, Andrei Marioara quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Jerry Lawler fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nistor Arjoca having to interfere.

The wind increased when Séverin Dent made the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the game, -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Marioara Miculescu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Heriberto Walton made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. In the 60th minute, Emilian Ciprian hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nistor Arjoca made an important save on a dangerous shot by Séverin Dent in the 65th minute. After some careless play in the Vancouver Reds defense, Marioara Miculescu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Heriberto Walton. The Vancouver Reds fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Heriberto Walton should have stopped the shot. 76 minutes into the game, Lamont Gilbert was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Vancouver Reds's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave -BZF- Petrolul Berca the free kick. The supporters of -BZF- Petrolul Berca booed when Vancouver Reds was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lamont Gilbert didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 77th minute, Romeo Ghișerel 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. Emilian Ciprian recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 81st minute Andrei Marioara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Heriberto Walton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marioara Chiricheş charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marioara Chiricheş the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Marioara Chiricheş got a free kick in the 91st minute. After 94 minutes of play -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Adam Ghițulescu was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Adam Ghițulescu hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. When the referee ended the match the -BZF- Petrolul Berca players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.