U18 World League

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Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Isidro Adrio's late challenge caught a TAXI-MM-'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Isidro Adrio helped the player get up and apologised. After 4 played minutes La Zabaleta got a freekick which was hit by Isidro Adrio. With 7 minutes on the clock, Silvestre Ranolfo commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 6th minute, one of La Zabaleta:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for La Zabaleta. When the match had been going on for 8 minutes, TAXI-MM-'s Mugur Milcu got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Feliberto Bittor. In the 14th minute, Armando Min hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 15th minute of the match, Ernest Strugure tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Feliberto Bittor saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fermin Lucero in the 16th minute of play forced TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Corneliu Chirea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emil Bodnar hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. After 26 played minutes TAXI-MM- got a freekick which was hit by Nechifor Omescu. Corneliu Chirea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fermin Lucero in the 27th minute of play. Feliberto Bittor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nae Neguțu in the 30th minute of play. It was beautiful to see TAXI-MM-'s Emil Bodnar in action when he in the 35th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Feliberto Bittor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nae Neguțu, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. In the 40th minute Isidro Adrio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Corneliu Chirea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th minute, Isidro Adrio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Corneliu Chirea was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Feliberto Bittor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nae Neguțu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ernest Strugure to make the kick off. Feliberto Bittor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mugur Milcu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. La Zabaleta's Aureliano Franco quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Nechifor Omescu, made in the 53rd minute of the game. In the 60th minute Nae Neguțu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Bittor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Feliberto Bittor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aurelian Tunaru, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernest Strugure in the 64th minute of play forced La Zabaleta's goalkeeper Feliberto Bittor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 65 played minutes La Zabaleta got a freekick which was hit by Armando Min. Feliberto Bittor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernest Strugure in the 75th minute of play. The supporters of La Zabaleta booed when TAXI-MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nechifor Omescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Corneliu Chirea made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Fermin Lucero sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nae Neguțu in the 85th minute of play forced La Zabaleta's goalkeeper Feliberto Bittor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the match, La Zabaleta's goal looked a bit too open when Mugur Milcu came free, but Feliberto Bittor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Eriberto Raymond fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Zabaleta's protests and gave Eriberto Raymond a yellow card for diving instead. Eriberto Raymond hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. TAXI-MM- were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of La Zabaleta for a fine match.