U21 World League

Romolo Di Reto
Spectators: 7441 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cristo Kane got the match started through his kick off. With a little luck, Blue Power's Marin Hodzhov got control of the ball when Christian Guerrini tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 4th minute, Tzocho Gúrnevski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marin Hodzhov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristo Kane, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Christian Guerrini had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Cristo Kane had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Christian Guerrini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marin Hodzhov having to interfere. 12 minutes into the match, Cristo Kane had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marin Hodzhov. Blue Power's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristo Kane was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Cristo Kane fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marin Hodzhov having to interfere. Cristo Kane scored 2-0 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marin Hodzhov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Anthony Falcioni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Strahil Radevski in the 26th minute of the match. Anthony Tristezza kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Strahil Radevski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 31 minutes into the game, Christian Guerrini recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Marin Hodzhov. Christian Guerrini showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. Cosimo Colecchia charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cosimo Colecchia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Sao Brasola getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Cosimo Colecchia hit a great ball. Marin Hodzhov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristo Kane in the 38th minute of play. Angelo Vida fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marin Hodzhov having to interfere.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Angelo Vida in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marin Hodzhov saved Blue Power from getting behind. After 56 played minutes Blue Power got a freekick which was hit by Encho Spiridonov. Blue Power's Marin Hodzhov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Angelo Vida in the 58th minute of play. Anthony Falcioni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Strahil Radevski in the 60th minute of the match. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sao Brasola's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tzocho Gúrnevski was slow to take the kick. During this time Blue Power's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Blue Power's corner Tzocho Gúrnevski fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Anthony Falcioni quite easily take care of the ball. Marin Hodzhov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristo Kane in the 65th minute of the match. In the 71stth minute of the game Cristo Kane who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Blue Power's Marin Hodzhov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Strahil Radevski had several of the Sao Brasola's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 75 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 3-1 score and a disappointed Anthony Falcioni as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 79th minute, Strahil Radevski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Anthony Falcioni. The goal made the score 3-2. 84 minutes into the match, Blue Power's goal looked a bit too open when Cristo Kane came free, but Marin Hodzhov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Blue Power defense, Angelo Vida 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. In the 92nd minute, Strahil Radevski fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Anthony Falcioni, passed just outside the right post. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Rostislav Kabatliev took a quick shot and it went in 4-3 without a chance for Anthony Falcioni to make any attempt to save it. Sao Brasola's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.