U18 World League

Iftimie Ilisei
Spectators: 7563 (Terracing: 5673, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) Club Sportiv Medgidia's Augustin Horea started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Jorge Montay got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Marciano Lope charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marciano Lope the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Marciano Lope kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Juan Kaxen kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Club Sportiv Medgidia's Ştefan Alupulesei got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nicu Arghirescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnaldo Nahia in the 15th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, Jorge Montay had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nicu Arghirescu. Club Sportiv Medgidia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jorge Montay was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After some careless play in the Club Sportiv Medgidia defense, Jorge Montay kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nicu Arghirescu. The Club Sportiv Medgidia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nicu Arghirescu should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, club atletico aldosivi's Marciano Lope got a free kick in the 28th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Augustin Horea managed to get in a good position for a shot. Club Sportiv Medgidia's supporters rose to their feet, but Augustin Horea was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Uriel Frans breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Club Sportiv Medgidia getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Ferdinand Hidiș hit a great ball. Jorge Montay fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicu Arghirescu having to interfere. After the first half club atletico aldosivi were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marciano Lope stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marciano Lope received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Nicu Arghirescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Club Sportiv Medgidia's goalkeeper Nicu Arghirescu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 69 minutes into the match, Ştefan Alupulesei had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Uriel Frans. club atletico aldosivi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ştefan Alupulesei was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. In the 76th minute Arnaldo Nahia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicu Arghirescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st minute, club atletico aldosivi's Marciano Lope ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Nicu Arghirescu. Nicu Arghirescu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. Arnaldo Nahia charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arnaldo Nahia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Arnaldo Nahia kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Club Sportiv Medgidia's Nicu Arghirescu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Club Sportiv Medgidia from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice moves Jorge Montay could shoot a difficult shot in the 94th minute, which Nicu Arghirescu however easily saved by the left post. 95 minutes into the match, Marciano Lope dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nicu Arghirescu, 1-5. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. club atletico aldosivi walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.