U18 World League

Aquilino Baumer
Spectators: 7540 (Terracing: 5656, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emilian Cãldare started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, HIT Gorica's Muharem Razdevšek got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in ＡＣＡＤＥＭＩＡ נυηєℓυ's zone, Muharem Razdevšek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dumitru Ciubuc came out of the goal and Muharem Razdevšek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 12 minutes into the match, HIT Gorica's goalkeeper Zdravko Mavri had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emilian Cãldare. Dumitru Ciubuc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fedor Šoštarič, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dumitru Ciubuc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fedor Šoštarič in the 17th minute of the match. A collision led to ＡＣＡＤＥＭＩＡ נυηєℓυ getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Lilian Tabãrã hit a great ball. Muharem Razdevšek took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 18th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dumitru Ciubuc. ＡＣＡＤＥＭＩＡ נυηєℓυ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Dumitru Ciubuc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Attila Hohnjec in the 19th minute of play. The supporters of HIT Gorica booed when ＡＣＡＤＥＭＩＡ נυηєℓυ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emilian Cãldare didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zdravko Mavri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dumitru Bâtcã in the 28th minute of play. Dumitru Ciubuc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fedor Šoštarič, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 35th minute, Igor Mereutã hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Attila Hohnjec to make the kick off. Dumitru Ciubuc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fedor Šoštarič, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Radu Lazãr hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Dumitru Ciubuc made an important save on a dangerous shot by Attila Hohnjec in the 63rd minute. In the 67th minute, Dumitru Bâtcã hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. HIT Gorica's Ignac Štrubelj was substituted for Kristian Ćurčija. 78 minutes into the match, ＡＣＡＤＥＭＩＡ נυηєℓυ's goalkeeper Dumitru Ciubuc had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jaka Vinger. The audience was convinced that Fedor Šoštarič's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dumitru Ciubuc was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Zdravko Mavri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dumitru Bâtcã in the 83rd minute of play. HIT Gorica's Zdravko Mavri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maxim Vataman in the 85th minute of play. Jaka Vinger kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dumitru Bâtcã in the 94th minute of play forced HIT Gorica's goalkeeper Zdravko Mavri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute, Nik Pokec hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Maxim Izmanã received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Zdravko Mavri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. HIT Gorica had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.