U23 World League

Berca Arena
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Nacional Potosí's Nery Pumpido played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emilian Ciprian in the 2nd minute of play. -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Nistor Arjoca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cordeara Abenda in the 5th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cordeara Abenda in the 7th minute of play forced -BZF- Petrolul Berca's goalkeeper Nistor Arjoca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Damian Târban lost his temper 9 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Nistor Arjoca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cordeara Abenda, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Mihai Opriș hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. In the 18th minute, Cordeara Abenda made a precise shot to the right of Nistor Arjoca. -BZF- Petrolul Berca's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 27 minutes into the match, -BZF- Petrolul Berca's goal looked a bit too open when William Álvarez came free, but Nistor Arjoca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nery Pumpido made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mihai Opriș in the 33rd minute. Nistor Arjoca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Quirze Abello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by -BZF- Petrolul Berca's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cordeara Abenda was slow to take the kick. During this time Nacional Potosí's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Nacional Potosí's corner Cordeara Abenda fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Nistor Arjoca quite easily take care of the ball. Eliodor Birișu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Nery Pumpido tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luca Coșereanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Nery Pumpido tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Luca Coșereanu made a kick off. A collision led to -BZF- Petrolul Berca getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Mihai Opriș hit a great ball. Quirze Abello received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Nistor Arjoca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ángel Ortiz scored 0-2 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nistor Arjoca, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nistor Arjoca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ángel Ortiz in the 58th minute of the match. Lucian Abraham charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lucian Abraham the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Lucian Abraham got a free kick in the 64th minute. Nistor Arjoca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ángel Ortiz in the 64th minute of play. The supporters of Nacional Potosí booed when -BZF- Petrolul Berca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emilian Ciprian didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nistor Arjoca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from William Álvarez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 82 minutes into the match, Quirze Abello had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nistor Arjoca. -BZF- Petrolul Berca's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Quirze Abello was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After some careless play in the -BZF- Petrolul Berca defense, Cresitobalo Abarca kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nistor Arjoca. The -BZF- Petrolul Berca fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nistor Arjoca should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Ángel Ortiz kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nistor Arjoca. That made the score 0-5 in the 92 minute of play. -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Eliodor Birișu got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match was over Nacional Potosí could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than -BZF- Petrolul Berca throughout the match.