U18 World League

Zograf Arena
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5634, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 148) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bogomil Kandov started the match with the kick off. After 3 played minutes Zograf FC got a freekick which was hit by Valentin Vladigerov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogomil Kandov in the 5th minute of play forced MARTINETA's goalkeeper Guido Herrera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guido Herrera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bogomil Kandov, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Guido Herrera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bogomil Kandov, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vancho Zlatev in the 13th minute of play forced MARTINETA's goalkeeper Guido Herrera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guido Herrera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vancho Zlatev in the 15th minute. In the 18thth minute of the game Francisco Nesor who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zograf FC's Vaklin Kortov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 21 minutes into the game, Svilen Bayraktarov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Zograf FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MARTINETA the free kick. The audience was convinced that Bogomil Kandov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Guido Herrera was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Abel Gabino kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, MARTINETA's goalkeeper Guido Herrera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vancho Zlatev. The supporters of Zograf FC booed when MARTINETA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abel Gabino didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vancho Zlatev didn't quite understand what happened when in the 33 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Vaklin Kortov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisco Nesor, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. After some careless play in the Zograf FC defense, Nicolas Bermudez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vaklin Kortov. The Zograf FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vaklin Kortov should have stopped the shot. Nicolas Bermudez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nicolas Bermudez to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Zograf FC's goalkeeper Vaklin Kortov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nicolas Bermudez. In the 54th minute Francisco Nesor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vaklin Kortov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicolas Bermudez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 59 minutes, Agustín Ruberto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MARTINETA and the Zograf FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 59th minute, Agustín Ruberto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ognyan Akov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Guido Herrera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 67th minute of play. Zograf FC's Vancho Zlatev was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Guido Herrera in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 71st minute, Nicolas Bermudez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vaklin Kortov was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Isidro Virila hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Guido Herrera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vancho Zlatev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Agustín Ruberto was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 82 minutes had been played. In the 83rd match minute, MARTINETA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agustín Ruberto to maneuver through the defense. Francisco Nesor kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. MARTINETA's Francisco Nesor got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Francisco Nesor hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match.