U18 World League

BANAT ARENA
Spectators: 7546 (Terracing: 5661, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 石平昂 started the match with the kick off. A collision led to 『挑战者』〓兄弟〓 铁血断魂♚BRO♚ getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. 倪西川 hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 4th minute, Leonard Enoaia managed to get in a good position for a shot. BANAT VIOLA's supporters rose to their feet, but Leonard Enoaia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 孔彬鹏 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Grigore Maiorescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 孔彬鹏 having to interfere. Costel Toacsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 石平昂, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Costel Toacsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 叶耀磊 in the 11th minute of the match. After 12 played minutes, 『挑战者』〓兄弟〓 铁血断魂♚BRO♚'s 郭耀朗 shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Costel Toacsen 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 『挑战者』〓兄弟〓 铁血断魂♚BRO♚ reached it. After a rather tough play, BANAT VIOLA's Marcu Gănescu got a free kick in the 15th minute. After a defensive mix-up in BANAT VIOLA's zone, 叶耀磊 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Costel Toacsen came out of the goal and 叶耀磊 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Costel Toacsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 叶耀磊, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Leonard Enoaia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but 孔彬鹏 made a huge save. Pavel Schipor sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 32 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』〓兄弟〓 铁血断魂♚BRO♚'s 程城誉 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Costel Toacsen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 石平昂 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Costel Toacsen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 46th match minute, 『挑战者』〓兄弟〓 铁血断魂♚BRO♚ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 郭南桦 to maneuver through the defense. Marcu Gănescu hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Grigore Maiorescu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Grigore Maiorescu came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the BANAT VIOLA 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 Grigore Maiorescu couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alex Faragó during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 『挑战者』〓兄弟〓 铁血断魂♚BRO♚'s 叶耀磊 got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 叶耀磊 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 79 played minutes BANAT VIOLA got a freekick which was hit by Iordache Claudiescu. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 程城誉 during the 83rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 石平昂 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 86th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Costel Toacsen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 叶耀磊 went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched 『挑战者』〓兄弟〓 铁血断魂♚BRO♚ eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.