U23 World League

Berca Arena
Spectators: 7561 (Terracing: 5672, Seating: 1738, VIP seats: 151) If Ignacio Ebere had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 5th minute Ignacio Ebere shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nistor Arjoca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nistor Arjoca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacio Ebere in the 5th minute of the match. If Ignacio Ebere had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Igor Birjaio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nistor Arjoca having to interfere. After 17 played minutes -BZF- Petrolul Berca got a freekick which was hit by Mihai Opriș. In the 18th minute, Delfim Cordobé hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 21st minute, -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Iosif Ababei seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Iosif Ababei the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of -BZF- Petrolul Berca protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Iosif Ababei had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 20 minutes into the game, one of -BZF- Petrolul Berca:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Club El Progreso a penalty, 22 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Cayetano Brion, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Nistor Arjoca. 0-1. In the 26th minute, Delfim Cordobé ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nistor Arjoca was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Javier Milei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihai Opriș in the 33rd minute of the match. Nistor Arjoca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Birjaio in the 35th 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 Ignacio Ebere in the 41st minute of play. Nistor Arjoca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Birjaio in the 42nd minute of the match. If Igor Birjaio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nistor Arjoca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ignacio Ebere, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Luca Coșereanu made the kick off in the second half. Nistor Arjoca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Celestino Sayvion, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 56th match minute, -BZF- Petrolul Berca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emilian Ciprian to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Birjaio in the 60th minute of play forced -BZF- Petrolul Berca's goalkeeper Nistor Arjoca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Club El Progreso's Nistor Arjoca threw himself towards the right post 75 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Igor Birjaio, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a rather tough play, -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Damian Târban got a free kick in the 76th minute. The audience was convinced that Igor Birjaio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nistor Arjoca was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Nistor Arjoca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celestino Sayvion in the 82nd minute of play. Nistor Arjoca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mateo Orzaize in the 84th minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Cayetano Brion got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nistor Arjoca quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ignacio Ebere who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 86thth minute tested the skills of Nistor Arjoca when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Nistor Arjoca made an important save on a dangerous shot by Delfim Cordobé in the 88th minute. A collision led to -BZF- Petrolul Berca getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Damian Târban hit a great ball.