U18 World League

Gheorghe Hagi Arena
Spectators: 8419 (Terracing: 6315, Seating: 1936, VIP seats: 168) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ion Şimonca kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes, Cătălin Rogozea mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Buzău and the ZORZAL01 players grew even worse after the yellow card. Apolo Dalmau charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Apolo Dalmau the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 8th match minute, ZORZAL01 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Apolo Dalmau to maneuver through the defense. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind ZORZAL01's goalkeeper Florentino Demario, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to FC Buzău getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Cezar Jitaru hit a great ball. Mădălin Cârnațiu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arsenio Maldonado in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute, Arsenio Maldonado made a precise shot to the right of Mădălin Cârnațiu. FC Buzău's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Leonel Unai kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in FC Buzău's zone, Leonel Unai stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mădălin Cârnațiu came out of the goal and Leonel Unai tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Arsenio Maldonado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to FC Buzău getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Emanuel Cernat hit a great ball. ZORZAL01's Leonel Unai got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 61 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's goal looked a bit too open when Ion Şimonca came free, but Florentino Demario reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to ZORZAL01 getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Domingo Lehior hit a great ball. Florentino Demario showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Doru Apostol in the 70th minute of the match. Florentino Demario showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ion Şimonca in the 71st minute of the match. Arsenio Maldonado scored 0-2 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mădălin Cârnațiu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With 77 minutes on the clock, Sorin Zâncă commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 78th match minute, FC Buzău was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sorin Zâncă to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonel Unai in the 79th minute of play forced FC Buzău's goalkeeper Mădălin Cârnațiu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pompiliu Gorcea hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Arsenio Maldonado scored 0-3 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mădălin Cârnațiu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.