U18 World League

RIVULUS DOMINARUM
Spectators: 7684 (Terracing: 5764, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Octav Glăvan kicked off to start the match. A collision led to ASF BAIA MARE -MM- getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Mădălin Bănățeanu hit a great ball. Octav Glăvan's late challenge caught a ...Pingue S.C....'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Octav Glăvan helped the player get up and apologised. In the 15th minute Robin Oces shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nae Morar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robin Oces in the 16th minute of play forced ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s goalkeeper Nae Morar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Octav Glăvan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s Basarab Spoială got a free kick in the 26th minute. After 28 minutes of play, ...Pingue S.C....'s Vicente Villaverde made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nae Morar was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Vicente Villaverde in the 32nd minute of play forced ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s goalkeeper Nae Morar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute of the match ...Pingue S.C.... got a corner. ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Robin Oces ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led ...Pingue S.C....'s Robin Oces to fire away a dangerous shot which Nae Morar despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Robin Oces sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of ASF BAIA MARE -MM- booed when ...Pingue S.C.... was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. José-Luis Falcon didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Basarab Spoială came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the ASF BAIA MARE -MM- fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Basarab Spoială couldn't finish the play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Xizavier Monterinos was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st match minute, ASF BAIA MARE -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mădălin Bănățeanu to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to ASF BAIA MARE -MM- getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Marcel Robu hit a great ball. In the 63rd minute Robin Oces shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nae Morar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, ...Pingue S.C....'s goal looked a bit too open when Basarab Spoială came free, but Vigil Blanquel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 74 minutes of play, ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s Octav Glăvan made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vigil Blanquel was left in no man's land by his defense there! 91 minutes into the game, Marcel Robu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ...Pingue S.C.... the free kick. After a rather tough play, ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s Marcel Robu got a free kick in the 92nd minute. ...Pingue S.C....'s Robin Oces couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for ASF BAIA MARE -MM-. Ursino Boher hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. ...Pingue S.C....'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.