U18 World League

Estadio Insular
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adam Abrudan got the match started through his kick off. Adam Abrudan took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emilio Jaraba. Emilio Jaraba dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. A collision led to Alex Team getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Alex Tărâţă hit a great ball. Lucrețiu Arseanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amado Portillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alex Tărâţă kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Xalvador Madariaga 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 Lucrețiu Arseanu. Alex Team's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Mugur Stolnicu hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. U Alcaravaneras's Juanito Aizpurua managed to work through Alex Team's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Juanito Aizpurua dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. The audience was convinced that Moise Udrişte's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emilio Jaraba was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. After 25 played minutes U Alcaravaneras got a freekick which was hit by Fermín Fernandez. After having played for 29 minutes, Ekhi Teresa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U Alcaravaneras's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ekhi Teresa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 33 minutes into the game, Adam Abrudan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Emilio Jaraba was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the last second Lucrețiu Arseanu throw himself and got hold of the ball when Juanito Aizpurua in the 39thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. When Juanito Aizpurua came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the U Alcaravaneras 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 Juanito Aizpurua couldn't finish the play. After 44 played minutes U Alcaravaneras got a freekick which was hit by Pedro Montiel. Ciprian Angheluță took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 45th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Emilio Jaraba. U Alcaravaneras's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Amado Portillo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 55thth minute of the game Juanito Aizpurua who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alex Team's Lucrețiu Arseanu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Adam Abrudan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Emilio Jaraba made a huge save. 61 minutes into the match, Adam Abrudan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emilio Jaraba. U Alcaravaneras's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adam Abrudan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Moise Udrişte took a quick shot and it went in 0-4 without a chance for Emilio Jaraba to make any attempt to save it. U Alcaravaneras's Emilio Jaraba played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Moise Udrişte in the 73rd minute of play. After 77 played minutes U Alcaravaneras got a freekick which was hit by Juanito Aizpurua. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moise Udrişte in the 80th minute of play forced U Alcaravaneras's goalkeeper Emilio Jaraba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute Luca Humă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emilio Jaraba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Alex Team eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.