U18 World League

Blue Arena
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Strahil Radevski started the match with the kick off. Marin Hodzhov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrey Iskrov in the 2nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrey Iskrov in the 5th minute of play forced Blue Power's goalkeeper Marin Hodzhov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marin Hodzhov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrey Iskrov in the 5th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Blue Power's Evrosi Redzhov got a free kick in the 7th minute. Marin Hodzhov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filipp Debabov in the 8th minute of play. Strahil Radevski hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrey Iskrov in the 11th minute of play forced Blue Power's goalkeeper Marin Hodzhov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marin Hodzhov came out of the goal in the 12th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Caspiy's Klim Muravev. But to his dismay, Klim Muravev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Marin Hodzhov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petr Putyatin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Blue Power's Tzocho Gúrnevski got a free kick in the 16th minute. Marin Hodzhov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petr Putyatin in the 19th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Klim Muravev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marin Hodzhov was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 25 minutes into the game, FC Caspiy's Klim Muravev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marin Hodzhov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Marin Hodzhov came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Caspiy's Petr Putyatin. But to his dismay, Petr Putyatin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. 35 minutes into the match, Blue Power's goal looked a bit too open when Andrey Iskrov came free, but Marin Hodzhov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Blue Power's Marin Hodzhov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrey Iskrov in the 36th minute of play. Andrey Iskrov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marin Hodzhov having to interfere. The supporters of Blue Power booed when FC Caspiy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Artem Yastrebov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the Blue Power defense, Klim Muravev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marin Hodzhov. The Blue Power fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marin Hodzhov should have stopped the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Andrey Iskrov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Blue Power's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Petr Putyatin 54 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-6. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Caspiy's Andrey Iskrov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Marin Hodzhov. That made the score 0-7 after 57 minutes of play. After 60 minutes, Damyan Gramov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Blue Power and the FC Caspiy players grew even worse after the yellow card. 60 minutes into the game, one of Blue Power:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 74 minutes into the game, Evrosi Redzhov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Blue Power's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Caspiy the free kick. Arkhip Repin was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 74th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 76 minutes into the match, Blue Power's goalkeeper Marin Hodzhov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Andrey Iskrov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Klim Muravev in the 79th minute of play forced Blue Power's goalkeeper Marin Hodzhov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Blue Power's Tzocho Gúrnevski quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Andrey Lisnyanskiy, made in the 83rd minute of the game. Marin Hodzhov was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Andrey Iskrov showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-9 in the 86 minute of play. The audience was convinced that Filipp Debabov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marin Hodzhov was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Evrosi Redzhov kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. With a little luck, Blue Power's Marin Hodzhov got control of the ball when Andrey Iskrov tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, Blue Power's Marin Hodzhov got control of the ball when Andrey Iskrov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marin Hodzhov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Petr Putyatin in the 96th minute of the match. Andrey Iskrov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 98th minute of the match, but Marin Hodzhov made a huge save. In the 99th match minute, Blue Power was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evrosi Redzhov to maneuver through the defense. The Blue Power fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. FC Caspiy were clearly better and deserved to take the win.