U23 World League

Zhelezna
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) FC Zhelezna's Atanas Tatarski 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. João Carvalho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Toshko Yahlev charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Toshko Yahlev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, FC Zhelezna's Toshko Yahlev got a free kick in the 5th minute. After a rather tough play, Fala Sério FC's João Carvalho got a free kick in the 7th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benislav Paziyski in the 9th minute of play forced Fala Sério FC's goalkeeper Celso Brito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benislav Paziyski might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Celso Brito. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Benislav Paziyski ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Atanas Tatarski took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Celso Brito to make any attempt to save it. Luiz Fabiano Lira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Milyo Gelovski having to make a save. Benislav Paziyski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Celso Brito made a huge save. In the 36th minute, Luiz Fabiano Lira made a precise shot to the right of Milyo Gelovski. FC Zhelezna's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. In the 38th match minute, Fala Sério FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giuseppe Dante to maneuver through the defense. In the 46th minute, Benislav Paziyski got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Benislav Paziyski took the ball and in the 50 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Celso Brito. Celso Brito dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. In the 55th minute, Benislav Paziyski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Celso Brito was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Marcel Cordeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Milyo Gelovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Celso Brito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benislav Paziyski in the 61st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC Zhelezna's Pencho Ignev got a free kick in the 64th minute. After 73 minutes of play, FC Zhelezna's Benislav Paziyski made it 6-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Celso Brito was left in no man's land by his defense there! Benislav Paziyski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Celso Brito having to make a save. Celso Brito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benislav Paziyski in the 76th minute of the match. Marcel Cordeiro came free with the goalkeeper in the 82nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Milyo Gelovski could save by the left post. A collision led to FC Zhelezna getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Martin Neshev hit a great ball. The supporters of FC Zhelezna booed when Fala Sério FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giuseppe Dante didn't get a good kick on the ball.