U18 World League

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Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Florin Tărău started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes of play, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Vadim Berlinskiy made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucrețiu Arseanu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Oleg Artynov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Феникс Санкт-Петербург from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Florin Tărău took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Oleg Artynov to make any attempt to save it. In the 12th match minute, Alex Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergiu Hurmuz to maneuver through the defense. Luka Faustov struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Lucrețiu Arseanu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Феникс Санкт-Петербург. Lucrețiu Arseanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timur Markov in the 14th minute of the match. Vadim Berlinskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Lucrețiu Arseanu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Niculae Ştercă succeeded in the game's 17th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-1. Timur Markov's late challenge caught a Alex Team's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Timur Markov helped the player get up and apologised. After 20 played minutes Феникс Санкт-Петербург got a freekick which was hit by Timur Markov. Oleg Artynov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luca Humă went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. In the 25th minute Florin Tărău shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oleg Artynov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vadim Berlinskiy's late challenge caught a Alex Team's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vadim Berlinskiy helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Alex Team booed when Феникс Санкт-Петербург was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vadim Berlinskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 31st minute, Niculae Ştercă made a precise shot to the right of Oleg Artynov. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. In the 34thth minute of the game Moise Udrişte who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Oleg Artynov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Juan Izquierdo got a free kick in the 37th minute. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Oleg Artynov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mugur Cucerzan hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Luka Faustov struck a weak shot in the 42nd minute. Lucrețiu Arseanu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Феникс Санкт-Петербург. Sergiu Hurmuz charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sergiu Hurmuz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Alex Team's Sergiu Hurmuz got a free kick in the 45th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

Lucrețiu Arseanu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vadim Berlinskiy in the 52nd minute. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Oleg Artynov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Humă in the 54th minute of play. After 57 minutes of play, Alex Team's Florin Tărău made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oleg Artynov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Oleg Artynov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moise Udrişte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oleg Artynov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luca Humă went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. When Luca Humă came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Alex Team 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 Luca Humă couldn't finish the play. Oleg Artynov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florin Tărău in the 66th minute of the match. Oleg Artynov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florin Tărău in the 68th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goal looked a bit too open when Moise Udrişte came free, but Oleg Artynov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Florin Tărău fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oleg Artynov having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Humă in the 90th minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Oleg Artynov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee ended the match the Alex Team players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.