U18 World League

Fiorano
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) Emil Josan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Romulo Hever tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 7th minute, Isidro Quintana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. THE CRYSTAL SHIP's Paul Piersic played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baltasar Rencio in the 10th minute of play. In the 10thth minute of the game Baltasar Rencio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but THE CRYSTAL SHIP's Paul Piersic was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Cavallino Rampante II's Lucio Mingo got a free kick in the 12th minute. Romulo Hever made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Basarab Balc in the 15th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidro Quintana in the 19th minute of play forced THE CRYSTAL SHIP's goalkeeper Paul Piersic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to THE CRYSTAL SHIP getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Basarab Balc hit a great ball. Isidro Quintana could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Paul Piersic made a huge save. After some careless play in the THE CRYSTAL SHIP defense, Silvestre Dimas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Paul Piersic. The THE CRYSTAL SHIP fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Paul Piersic should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidro Quintana in the 35th minute of play forced THE CRYSTAL SHIP's goalkeeper Paul Piersic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Benicio Quexal got free with Paul Piersic in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Cavallino Rampante II getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Isidro Quintana hit a great ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Benicio Quexal made a kick off. Paul Piersic didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Silvestre Dimas went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. After 56 played minutes THE CRYSTAL SHIP got a freekick which was hit by Iurie Floruțiu. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matei Udrescu in the 58th minute of play forced Cavallino Rampante II's goalkeeper Romulo Hever to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute, Benicio Quexal made a precise shot to the right of Paul Piersic. THE CRYSTAL SHIP's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Paul Piersic took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvestre Dimas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Saul Ramos fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cavallino Rampante II's protests and gave Saul Ramos a yellow card for diving instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 67th minute of the game. One of Cavallino Rampante II:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of THE CRYSTAL SHIP:s goal. When the match had been going on for 69 minutes, THE CRYSTAL SHIP's Nichifor Gâțea got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Romulo Hever. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benicio Quexal in the 75th minute of play forced THE CRYSTAL SHIP's goalkeeper Paul Piersic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Cavallino Rampante II booed when THE CRYSTAL SHIP was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mihai Staicu didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81st minute Benicio Quexal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Piersic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 93 minutes into the match, Benicio Quexal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paul Piersic. THE CRYSTAL SHIP's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Benicio Quexal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Cavallino Rampante II's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.