U18 World League

Raureni
Spectators: 7514 (Terracing: 5636, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jacinto Kemen kicked off to start the match. Alvaro Karmel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marin Puric, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Alvaro Karmel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panait Voina in the 28th minute of play. In the 30th minute, Gerardo Omero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Călin Barbosu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Zacarias Txindoki hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 34th minute of the match Cazimir Traian shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alvaro Karmel showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Azulgrana 81's Alvaro Karmel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Azulgrana 81 from getting a goal against them. 37 minutes into the match Călin Barbosu climbed in front of goal and pressed up 2-0 in the right cross behind a totally surprised Alvaro Karmel. Marin Puric was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 40th minute. Raureni Academy's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Călin Barbosu in the 44th minute of play forced Azulgrana 81's goalkeeper Alvaro Karmel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Călin Barbosu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cazimir Traian in the 53rd minute of play forced Azulgrana 81's goalkeeper Alvaro Karmel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Petrică Tărău showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacinto Kemen, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. After 56 played minutes Raureni Academy got a freekick which was hit by Panait Voina. Călin Barbosu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alvaro Karmel having to interfere. 67 minutes into the match, Călin Barbosu notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Azulgrana 81's Alvaro Karmel. Alvaro Karmel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 71st minute of the match Eusebiu Blaj shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alvaro Karmel showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Alvaro Karmel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Panait Voina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Călin Barbosu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alvaro Karmel was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Călin Barbosu scored 4-0 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alvaro Karmel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Călin Barbosu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Azulgrana 81's Alvaro Karmel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marin Puric in the 87th minute of play. Panait Voina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 93 played minutes, Raureni Academy's Cazimir Traian shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Alvaro Karmel came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Raureni Academy reached it. Raureni Academy were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Azulgrana 81 for a fine match.