U18 World League

Vasile Bratianu
Spectators: 7504 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jo Bag got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Galati Harbour Cats getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Jo Bag hit a great ball. Alin Şoltuz's late challenge caught a Valencia C.F.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alin Şoltuz helped the player get up and apologised. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jo Bag during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 11 minutes of play, Valencia C.F.'s Martyn Markham made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. George Agachi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Spike Moyse fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without George Agachi having to interfere. In the 20th minute of the match Donald Marshall sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but George Agachi skillfully saved the ball. George Agachi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martyn Markham, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute Martyn Markham shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but George Agachi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. George Agachi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martyn Markham in the 27th minute of the match. Aurel Maleș kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. In the 31st minute, Adrian Baldazar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Martyn Markham fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without George Agachi having to interfere. Jay Jennings hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Wesley Kerr showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Corneliu Hurmuzescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. George Agachi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martyn Markham in the 41st minute of play. A collision led to Valencia C.F. getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Guy Bowen hit a great ball. The supporters of Valencia C.F. booed when Galati Harbour Cats was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adrian Baldazar didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 48th match minute, Galati Harbour Cats was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alin Şoltuz to maneuver through the defense. Donald Marshall didn't quite understand what happened when in the 50 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Martyn Markham was the one to do the kick off. George Agachi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martyn Markham, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. After 62 minutes, Tosh Mannell mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Valencia C.F. and the Galati Harbour Cats players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Valencia C.F. getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Tosh Mannell hit a great ball. A collision led to Valencia C.F. getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Jay Jennings hit a great ball. Vali Ghețea charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vali Ghețea the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Vali Ghețea hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. George Agachi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Martyn Markham went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. George Agachi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Ricketts in the 71st minute of play. The supporters of Valencia C.F. booed when Galati Harbour Cats was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adrian Baldazar didn't get a good kick on the ball. 85 minutes into the game, Martyn Markham lined in a short shot 0-3 behind a frustrated George Agachi. Galati Harbour Cats were furious when Cosmin Claudiescu was red carded, 88 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Cosmin Claudiescu hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Galati Harbour Cats's zone, Donald Marshall stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. George Agachi came out of the goal and Donald Marshall tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 98 minutes into the match, Galati Harbour Cats's goal looked a bit too open when Spike Moyse came free, but George Agachi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 100th minute, Adrian Baldazar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Donald Marshall took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 100th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for George Agachi. Galati Harbour Cats's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Valencia C.F.'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.