U18 World League

José Tiburcio Borda
Spectators: 7652 (Terracing: 5741, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Anibal Marquez took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Loco De Remate's Jesus Librado got a free kick in the 2nd minute. 3 minutes into the match, Loco De Remate's goal looked a bit too open when Cristi Hagi came free, but Samuel Mancio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 8 minutes into the game, Cristi Hagi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Samuel Mancio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 11th minute, Cristi Hagi 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. In the 13th minute, Cristi Hagi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Samuel Mancio was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Martin Antim made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Anibal Marquez sent off a good shot on target. In the 19th minute, Loco De Remate's Florencio Orlanda dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Viorel Stoicea took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 23rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Samuel Mancio. Loco De Remate's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Florencio Orlanda managed to get in a good position for a shot. Loco De Remate's supporters rose to their feet, but Florencio Orlanda was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Martin Antim breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jesus Librado in the 27thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Martin Antim, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. A collision led to -BZF- Valea Buzăului getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Viorel Stoicea hit a great ball. In the 33rd match minute, -BZF- Valea Buzăului was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alin Dobrițoiu to maneuver through the defense. Martin Antim was out of position in the 36 minute of play, and Natalio Ur capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Natalio Ur really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. After a defensive mix-up in -BZF- Valea Buzăului's zone, Florencio Orlanda stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Martin Antim came out of the goal and Florencio Orlanda tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Loco De Remate's zone, Costică Stoleru stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Samuel Mancio came out of the goal and Costică Stoleru tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of -BZF- Valea Buzăului booed when Loco De Remate was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Florencio Orlanda didn't get a good kick on the ball. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cristi Hagi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th match minute, Loco De Remate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alvaro Resto to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as -BZF- Valea Buzăului's Cosmin Galiceanu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Samuel Mancio. That made the score 2-3 after 63 minutes of play. With a little luck, Loco De Remate's Samuel Mancio got control of the ball when Cristi Hagi tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Costică Stoleru took a quick shot and it went in 2-4 without a chance for Samuel Mancio to make any attempt to save it. 73 minutes into the game, Florencio Orlanda cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-4. Martin Antim was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Martin Antim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvaro Resto, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anibal Marquez in the 81st minute of play forced -BZF- Valea Buzăului's goalkeeper Martin Antim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samuel Mancio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Costică Stoleru in the 83rd minute of the match. After 92 minutes, Florencio Orlanda mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Loco De Remate and the -BZF- Valea Buzăului players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Loco De Remate getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Florencio Orlanda hit a great ball. Martin Antim came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by Loco De Remate's Anibal Marquez. But to his dismay, Anibal Marquez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-4. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.