U18 World League

Blue Arena
Spectators: 9490 (Terracing: 7100, Seating: 2200, VIP seats: 190) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Igor Coronado got the match started through his kick off. After having played for 10 minutes, Nicolae Bordeanu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BlueLionesse's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nicolae Bordeanu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 12 minutes, Nicolae Bordeanu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BlueLionesse's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nicolae Bordeanu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 14th minute, one of MAZER SAF:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for MAZER SAF. When the match had been going on for 15 minutes, BlueLionesse's Alex Murgoci got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Osvaldo Marques. Alexandru Urseanu hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Alex Murgoci hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Andrei Azamfirei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celsinho da Silveira in the 25th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute, Celsinho da Silveira made a precise shot to the right of Andrei Azamfirei. BlueLionesse's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Fabian Odobescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Osvaldo Marques made a huge save. In the 43rd minute, Luiz Fabiano Abraão left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MAZER SAF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Coronado in the 46th minute of play forced BlueLionesse's goalkeeper Andrei Azamfirei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 47 minutes BlueLionesse's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Celsinho da Silveira who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on MAZER SAF's corner Celsinho da Silveira fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Andrei Azamfirei quite easily take care of the ball. When the match had gone on for 48 minutes, Igor Coronado put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Andrei Azamfirei. After the first half MAZER SAF were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alex Murgoci to make the kick off. Fabian Odobescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Osvaldo Marques having to interfere. A collision led to BlueLionesse getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Leontin Pătrășconiu hit a great ball. MAZER SAF made a substitution. Bernardinho Cunha replaced Celsinho da Silveira. Osvaldo Marques showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolae Bordeanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Osvaldo Marques made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolae Bordeanu in the 68th minute of play. Yuri Alberto scored 1-4 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Andrei Azamfirei, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 76 minutes into the game, Félix Torres was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. MAZER SAF's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave BlueLionesse the free kick. Félix Torres kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolae Bordeanu in the 77th minute of play forced MAZER SAF's goalkeeper Osvaldo Marques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. BlueLionesse's Andrei Azamfirei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yuri Alberto in the 83rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardinho Cunha in the 91st minute of play forced BlueLionesse's goalkeeper Andrei Azamfirei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of BlueLionesse booed when MAZER SAF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gernando Vianna didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 97th minute Igor Coronado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrei Azamfirei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched MAZER SAF eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.