U18 World League

Hall of Valhalla
Spectators: 8469 (Terracing: 6353, Seating: 1947, VIP seats: 169) Calistrat Şerbănescu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Calistrat Şerbănescu kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Miroslav Brezník kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Klement Dupal kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Damian Cârlan got free with Ivan Adamčík in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Damian Cârlan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ivan Adamčík. That made the score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. Klement Dupal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vlad Covrig having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tibor Barmoš in the 17th minute of play forced PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's goalkeeper Vlad Covrig to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, Calistrat Şerbănescu 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. PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca made a substitution. Cristi Borza replaced Tiberiu Rotariu. A collision led to AFK Petržalka getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Klement Dupal hit a great ball. Ivan Adamčík made an important save on a dangerous shot by Calistrat Şerbănescu in the 31st minute. Ivan Adamčík didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Calistrat Şerbănescu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Klement Dupal to strike the kick off in the second half. Klement Dupal was shown his second yellow card after 51 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Damian Cârlan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Adamčík having to interfere. Damian Cârlan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Adamčík having to interfere. If Damian Cârlan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 61 minutes, Tibor Barmoš mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AFK Petržalka and the PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ivan Adamčík showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Calistrat Şerbănescu in the 66th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in AFK Petržalka's zone, Calistrat Şerbănescu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ivan Adamčík came out of the goal and Calistrat Şerbănescu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ivan Adamčík took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Calistrat Şerbănescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 70 minutes into the game, Tomáš Nickler was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. AFK Petržalka's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca the free kick. In the 70th match minute, AFK Petržalka was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomáš Nickler to maneuver through the defense. Cristi Borza's late challenge caught a AFK Petržalka's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cristi Borza helped the player get up and apologised. After 71 played minutes PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca got a freekick which was hit by Cristi Borza. After 73 played minutes AFK Petržalka got a freekick which was hit by Bohdan Jedlík. If Damian Cârlan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. AFK Petržalka's attentive Tomáš Nickler managed to snatch the ball when Adrian Bârsan made a throw-in in the 76th minute of the game. Calistrat Şerbănescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Adamčík having to interfere. 83 minutes into the game, Bohdan Jedlík was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. AFK Petržalka's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca the free kick. After a rather tough play, AFK Petržalka's Bohdan Jedlík got a free kick in the 83rd minute. PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's Sebastian Istodor couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 84th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for AFK Petržalka. The supporters of PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca booed when AFK Petržalka was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miroslav Brezník didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damian Cârlan in the 88th minute of play forced AFK Petržalka's goalkeeper Ivan Adamčík to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute, Tomáš Nickler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Olimpiu Fecioru made in the 90th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Eric Astafei however managed to control. Vlad Covrig showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miroslav Brezník in the 93rd minute of the match. Vlad Covrig was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Tibor Barmoš capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tibor Barmoš really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. There was no doubt that PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca were the better team. PHOENIX Cluj-Napoca's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.