U18 World League

Berca Arena
Spectators: 7992 (Terracing: 5995, Seating: 1838, VIP seats: 159) In the 10th minute Eliodor Birișu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Salvidor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marioara Birligea had several of the Chorroarín's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 10 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 1-0 score and a disappointed Gabriel Salvidor as he didn't even see the shot coming. After 14 minutes, Santos Roldan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Chorroarín and the -BZF- Petrolul Berca players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Chorroarín getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Santos Roldan hit a great ball. Marioara Birligea might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gabriel Salvidor. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marioara Birligea ran back to his position shaking his head. Honorio Baladi took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 25th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nistor Arjoca. -BZF- Petrolul Berca's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 28th match minute, Chorroarín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bonifacio Roldan to maneuver through the defense. Adrian Almăgean sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luca Coșereanu made in the 32nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Robert Zbughină immediately put the ball in play. In the 40th minute, Octavio Oinatz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adrian Almăgean's late challenge caught a Chorroarín's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adrian Almăgean helped the player get up and apologised. Adrian Almăgean hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. During the 47th minute of the match Octavio Oinatz completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Octavio Oinatz a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Chorroarín's Octavio Oinatz got a free kick in the 48th minute. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marioara Birligea to make the kick off. A collision led to Chorroarín getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Abel Jayvier hit a great ball. In the 56thth minute of the game Santos Roldan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Nistor Arjoca was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 59th minute, Chorroarín's Santos Roldan ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Nistor Arjoca. Nistor Arjoca yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. Nistor Arjoca stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Santos Roldan's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. The supporters of Chorroarín booed when -BZF- Petrolul Berca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adrian Almăgean didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marioara Birligea scored 2-3 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gabriel Salvidor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nistor Arjoca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santos Roldan in the 84th minute of play. Santos Roldan took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nistor Arjoca. Nistor Arjoca dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. Gabriel Salvidor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marioara Birligea in the 96th minute of play. 96 minutes into the game, Delmar Romelio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Chorroarín's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave -BZF- Petrolul Berca the free kick. Delmar Romelio kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. The Chorroarín supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Chorroarín would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.