U18 World League

Ceahlaul
Spectators: 7537 (Terracing: 5654, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Artemio Ramone kicked off to start the match. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by AZURDUY F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aron Neaga was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's players had a chance to rest. The corner led FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's Aron Neaga to fire away a dangerous shot which Ulises Bastian despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 8 minutes into the match, FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's goal looked a bit too open when Artemio Ramone came free, but Marian Bălan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marian Bălan came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by AZURDUY F.C.'s Artemio Ramone. But to his dismay, Artemio Ramone quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 14th match minute, FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iosif Bordeianu to maneuver through the defense. In the 17th minute, Artemio Ramone ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marian Bălan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Marian Bălan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Filomeno Firme went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Dorin Chirtoacă charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dorin Chirtoacă the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Dorin Chirtoacă hit a great ball. A collision led to FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Valer Opincaru hit a great ball. Artemio Ramone scored 0-5 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marian Bălan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With an all-out effort, FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's Ulises Bastian threw himself towards the right post 35 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Valer Opincaru, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Artemio Ramone scored 0-6 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marian Bălan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nemesio Tximitx charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nemesio Tximitx the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 41st match minute, AZURDUY F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nemesio Tximitx to maneuver through the defense. The FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. AZURDUY F.C. were winning 0-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Valer Opincaru to make the kick off. Marian Bălan was a little too slow when Filomeno Firme got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 52nd minute. The score was now 0-7. Ulises Bastian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valer Opincaru in the 55th minute of play. With a little luck, FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's Marian Bălan got control of the ball when Filomeno Firme tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Valer Opincaru hit a great ball. In the 63rd match minute, FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valer Opincaru to maneuver through the defense. Marian Bălan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artemio Ramone in the 70th minute of play. Valer Opincaru charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Valer Opincaru the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's Valer Opincaru got a free kick in the 78th minute. After 82 minutes, Artemio Ramone made it 0-9 with a short kick to the right side. FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's Marian Bălan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 85 minutes into the match, FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt's goal looked a bit too open when Artemio Ramone came free, but Marian Bălan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marian Bălan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artemio Ramone, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Marian Bălan was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Artemio Ramone capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Artemio Ramone really showed his touch with that goal: 0-10. 0-11 became the score in the 96th minute when Artemio Ramone elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. When the final whistle sounded AZURDUY F.C. left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt.