U18 World League

Berca Arena
Spectators: 8001 (Terracing: 6002, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Wilian Quadros kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the game, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Wilian Quadros nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nistor Arjoca made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Flavinho de Andrade sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Robert Zbughină fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored -BZF- Petrolul Berca's protests and gave Robert Zbughină a yellow card for diving instead. The audience was convinced that Wilian Quadros's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nistor Arjoca was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evaristo Mello in the 17th minute of play forced -BZF- Petrolul Berca's goalkeeper Nistor Arjoca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute, Adrian Almăgean reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ulysses Peixoto. The goal made the score 1-1. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Ulysses Peixoto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ from getting a goal against them. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Ulysses Peixoto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marioara Birligea in the 26th minute of play. Ulysses Peixoto stood somewhat misplaced when Marioara Birligea came free in front of goal and shot 2-1 to the left of him in the 29 minute. With a little luck, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Ulysses Peixoto got control of the ball when Mihai Opriș tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nistor Arjoca stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wilian Quadros's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. Nistor Arjoca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emerson Motta in the 40th minute of play. After some careless play in the -BZF- Petrolul Berca defense, Evaristo Mello kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nistor Arjoca. The -BZF- Petrolul Berca fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nistor Arjoca should have stopped the shot. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

In the 53rd minute, Glauco Gaúcho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Glauco Gaúcho in the 55th minute of play forced -BZF- Petrolul Berca's goalkeeper Nistor Arjoca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nistor Arjoca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wilian Quadros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd match minute, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiaguinho Hermes to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rd minute of the match Damian Târban shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ulysses Peixoto showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. -BZF- Petrolul Berca were furious when Isac Baldovin was red carded, 64 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Isac Baldovin kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rogério Fantini got free with Nistor Arjoca in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 72nd minute, Eliodor Rada hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rafinha Lopez during the 79th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 84th match minute, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iuri Bittencourt to maneuver through the defense. Nistor Arjoca made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rogério Fantini in the 87th minute. In the 91st minute, Glauco Gaúcho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nistor Arjoca was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Mihai Opriș hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.