U23 World League

The Meaning of Life
Spectators: 7555 (Terracing: 5668, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Conakry FC's Jarvis Sneed started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Mervin Frost took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vangel Vúlkovski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 9 minutes Conakry FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Botyo Bozhev who took care of the corner kick. 13 minutes into the game, Martin Tzikalov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Mervin Frost was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jarvis Sneed charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jarvis Sneed the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Conakry FC's Jarvis Sneed got a free kick in the 16th minute. The audience was convinced that Martin Tzikalov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mervin Frost was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Botyo Bozhev's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mervin Frost read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 20th minute of play. A collision led to Conakry FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Bobby Thornton hit a great ball. When ЦАРСТВО БЪЛГАРИЯ 681's Martin Tzikalov in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Conakry FC's goalie prevented a goal. 31 minutes into the match, Conakry FC's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Tzikalov came free, but Mervin Frost reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vangel Vúlkovski in the 32nd minute of play forced Conakry FC's goalkeeper Mervin Frost to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Encho Romanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The ЦАРСТВО БЪЛГАРИЯ 681 fans' excitement grew in the 36th match minute when ЦАРСТВО БЪЛГАРИЯ 681's Martin Tzikalov looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After 40 minutes of play Conakry FC's Jarvis Sneed 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. After 41 played minutes Conakry FC got a freekick which was hit by Jarvis Sneed. Toshko Toshanov who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 43rdth minute tested the skills of Mervin Frost when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Mervin Frost made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Encho Romanov in the 44th minute of play. Conakry FC's Mervin Frost proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Conakry FC from getting a goal against them. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Martin Tzikalov was the one to do the kick off. Mervin Frost showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Tzikalov in the 51st minute of the match. In the 52nd minute Gospodin Karushev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mervin Frost saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Conakry FC's Davis Carnes managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Yanaki Mishtalov in the 54 minute of the game. Conakry FC's Mervin Frost played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Tzikalov in the 59th minute of play. In the 62nd minute Martin Tzikalov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mervin Frost saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, Conakry FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vangel Vúlkovski came free, but Mervin Frost reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mervin Frost took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toshko Toshanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mervin Frost took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gospodin Karushev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Martin Tzikalov scored 3-0 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mervin Frost, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mervin Frost showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vangel Vúlkovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Mervin Frost made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Tzikalov in the 72nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Tzikalov in the 75th minute of play forced Conakry FC's goalkeeper Mervin Frost to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 77 minutes into the game, Rosen Uliverov threw the ball into play from the sideline. Conakry FC's Bobby Thornton quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Mervin Frost took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Tzikalov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Martin Tzikalov scored 5-0 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mervin Frost, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mervin Frost took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Tzikalov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mervin Frost made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Tzikalov in the 96th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. ЦАРСТВО БЪЛГАРИЯ 681 fully deserved thier win.