U18 World League

PIETROSUL ARENA
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Anacleto Clementi made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Cuervo Loco FC booed when FC PIETROSUL -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sabin Gugea didn't get a good kick on the ball. 3 minutes into the game, Anacleto Clementi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Albert Nestor was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 5th match minute, Cuervo Loco FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anier Perrando to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Cuervo Loco FC's Franco Mastantuono got a free kick in the 10th minute. Natalio Loiola hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Felix Chițu could shoot a difficult shot in the 14th minute, which Melchor Lucero however easily saved by the left post. 16 minutes into the match, Cuervo Loco FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vali Abutnăriței came free, but Melchor Lucero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Melchor Lucero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vali Abutnăriței, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Horia Tărbac hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. In the 29th match minute, Cuervo Loco FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vladimiro Lop to maneuver through the defense. Francisc Onete took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 29th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Melchor Lucero. Cuervo Loco FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Albert Nestor came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Cuervo Loco FC's Anacleto Clementi. But to his dismay, Anacleto Clementi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Octav Martinaș received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Melchor Lucero came out and tried to block the shot, but Octav Martinaș slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 39th minute. The FC PIETROSUL -MM- players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Cuervo Loco FC were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vali Abutnăriței to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Vali Abutnăriței ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Melchor Lucero was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. The supporters of Cuervo Loco FC booed when FC PIETROSUL -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sabin Gugea didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 74th minute, Anacleto Clementi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Cuervo Loco FC's Silvestre Huly managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Horia Tărbac in the 80 minute of the game. 80 minutes in the game Horia Tărbac did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Octav Martinaș. In the 83rd minute, Franco Mastantuono reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Albert Nestor. The goal made the score 3-3. 86 minutes into the match, Cuervo Loco FC's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Chițu came free, but Melchor Lucero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th match minute, Cuervo Loco FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vladimiro Lop to maneuver through the defense. After 96 played minutes, FC PIETROSUL -MM-'s Francisc Onete shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Melchor Lucero 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 FC PIETROSUL -MM- reached it. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the FC PIETROSUL -MM- players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.