U21 World League

Stelian - Ivan Arena
Spectators: 8027 (Terracing: 6022, Seating: 1846, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Korneliusz Barna got the match started through his kick off. Abel Pasqualini made in the 4th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Vicente Lehior. Pedro Rito was out of position in the 13 minute of play, and Korneliusz Barna capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Korneliusz Barna really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. The audience was convinced that Korneliusz Barna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Rito was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Anibal Heriberto kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Carmelo Harkaitz's late challenge caught a Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Carmelo Harkaitz helped the player get up and apologised. After 20 played minutes Soroca F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Carmelo Harkaitz. Mugur Bejan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Vicente Lehior made in the 23rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Tadeo Elorri. After a defensive mix-up in Soroca F.C.'s zone, Korneliusz Barna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Rito came out of the goal and Korneliusz Barna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Korneliusz Barna in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Rito saved Soroca F.C. from getting behind. Pedro Rito made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Korneliusz Barna sent off a good shot on target. Korneliusz Barna blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Rito having to make a save. Soroca F.C.'s Pedro Rito proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Soroca F.C. from getting a goal against them. With an all-out effort, Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Pedro Rito threw himself towards the right post 35 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Xerxes Doro, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a little luck, Soroca F.C.'s Pedro Rito got control of the ball when Korneliusz Barna tried to sneak it across the goal line. Korneliusz Barnas short, quick shot in the 42ndth minute got Pedro Rito to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Korneliusz Barna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Korneliusz Barna in the 44th minute of play forced Soroca F.C.'s goalkeeper Pedro Rito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Peter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Atilano Maidana in the 46th minute of the match.

The wind increased when Atilano Maidana made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Anibal Heriberto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Peter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Soroca F.C. defense, Korneliusz Barna kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pedro Rito. The Soroca F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pedro Rito should have stopped the shot. If Atilano Maidana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the last second Flavio Peter throw himself and got hold of the ball when Atilano Maidana in the 65thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. A collision led to Batalionul U23 Dorobanti getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Emilian Mateianu hit a great ball. 73 minutes in the game Vicente Lehior did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Tadeo Elorri. Anibal Heriberto took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Flavio Peter. Flavio Peter dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. After 86 minutes of play Soroca F.C.'s Carmelo Harkaitz was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Carmelo Harkaitz hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Soroca F.C. made a substitution. Guillermo Jaunti replaced Tadeo Elorri. Carmelo Harkaitz kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. In the 94th minute, Korneliusz Barna 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. Batalionul U23 Dorobanti were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Soroca F.C. for a fine match.