U21 World League

PINGO PINGO ARENA
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) PINGO PINGO's Felipe Vimaro 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 2nd minute, Lucrețiu Arotăriței hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marcel Chiriță showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernabe Oto, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. PINGO PINGO's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Teodosio Ayala in the 4th minute. The corner ended in Teodosio Ayala almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s Marcel Chiriță did a great save. In the 6th minute, PINGO PINGO's Desiderio Restu ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marcel Chiriță. Marcel Chiriță yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Marcel Chiriță showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernabe Oto, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Felipe Vimaro came free with the goalkeeper in the 18th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Marcel Chiriță could save by the left post. In the 22nd minute, Marco Vito hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gabriel Chiriloaie received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Serafin Maurino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipe Vimaro in the 27th minute of play forced ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s goalkeeper Marcel Chiriță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Bernabe Oto dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Marcel Chiriță, 2-1. 31 minutes into the match, ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s goalkeeper Marcel Chiriță had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Felipe Vimaro. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Steve Deckkers managed to get in a good position for a shot. ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s supporters rose to their feet, but Steve Deckkers was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Serafin Maurino breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Bernabe Oto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcel Chiriță was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. 44 minutes into the match, ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Bernabe Oto came free, but Marcel Chiriță reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Marcos Sustrai hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Cristinel Andronescu's shot from long distance in the 54th minute was not bad at all, but PINGO PINGO's Serafin Maurino knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. 55 minutes into the game, Leandro Gonzalez Pirez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PINGO PINGO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ASF BAIA MARE -MM- the free kick. A collision led to PINGO PINGO getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Leandro Gonzalez Pirez hit a great ball. Serafin Maurino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Chiriloaie in the 58th minute of the match. Bernabe Oto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Marcel Chiriță tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 63 played minutes PINGO PINGO got a freekick which was hit by Marcos Sustrai. Gabriel Chiriloaie's late challenge caught a PINGO PINGO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gabriel Chiriloaie helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s Gabriel Chiriloaie got a free kick in the 67th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipe Vimaro in the 73rd minute of play forced ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s goalkeeper Marcel Chiriță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 77 minutes into the match, Bernabe Oto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcel Chiriță. ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bernabe Oto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernabe Oto in the 87th minute of play forced ASF BAIA MARE -MM-'s goalkeeper Marcel Chiriță to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 95 minutes, Lv Si Hao mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ASF BAIA MARE -MM- and the PINGO PINGO players grew even worse after the yellow card. Lv Si Hao kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. In the 97th minute, Bernabe Oto 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. PINGO PINGO were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of ASF BAIA MARE -MM- for a fine match.