U18 World League

20 August 1870
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Republica Ploiești's Pompiliu Hâncu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erwin Avellano in the 4th minute of play. Pompiliu Hâncu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Salas Justo, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. YerBaTerOs's Mendez Gamones proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save YerBaTerOs from getting a goal against them. Costel Lepuș hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Costel Lepuș's late challenge caught a YerBaTerOs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Costel Lepuș helped the player get up and apologised. Jácome Covarrubias took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 32nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Pompiliu Hâncu. Republica Ploiești's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Pompiliu Hâncu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erwin Avellano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Republica Ploiești getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Sebastian Hoduț hit a great ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When Dan Godeanu came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Republica Ploiești 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 Dan Godeanu couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in YerBaTerOs's zone, Ioan Brânza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mendez Gamones came out of the goal and Ioan Brânza tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in YerBaTerOs's zone, Lucian Luțu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mendez Gamones came out of the goal and Lucian Luțu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Salas Justo hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. 71 minutes into the match, Republica Ploiești's goal looked a bit too open when Erwin Avellano came free, but Pompiliu Hâncu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 72 played minutes Republica Ploiești got a freekick which was hit by Ioan Brânza. Mendez Gamones didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lucian Luțu went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. In the 87th minute, Erwin Avellano made a precise shot to the right of Pompiliu Hâncu. Republica Ploiești's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. YerBaTerOs's Mendez Gamones played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucian Luțu in the 90th minute of play. In the 91st minute, Ioan Brânza 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. YerBaTerOs's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.