U23 World League

Celts Park
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Tzanko Hitrov was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jason Duffus showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 5 minute of play. Jason Duffus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tzanko Hitrov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shaun McLergain, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. CSKA-LULIN's Tzanko Hitrov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shaun McLergain in the 16th minute of play. Diyan Murdzhev hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. The supporters of Smiddy Celts booed when CSKA-LULIN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angel Amzov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Grant McCay fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tzanko Hitrov having to interfere. In the 27th minute Shaun McLergain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tzanko Hitrov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jason Duffus's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 30thth minute, Tzanko Hitrov skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 34th minute, Jason Duffus ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tzanko Hitrov was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. CSKA-LULIN's Tzanko Hitrov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save CSKA-LULIN from getting a goal against them. Tzanko Hitrov was out of position in the 41 minute of play, and Jason Duffus capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jason Duffus really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. 44 minutes into the match, CSKA-LULIN's goalkeeper Tzanko Hitrov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jason Duffus. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jason Duffus to strike the kick off in the second half. Tzanko Hitrov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jason Duffus went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Radko Tzvetin hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. CSKA-LULIN's Tzanko Hitrov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronnie Lamb in the 55th minute of play. 6-0 became the score in the 56th minute when Jason Duffus elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Viden Dzhakov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, CSKA-LULIN's Boycho Gebrev got a free kick in the 62nd minute. After 64 minutes of play, Smiddy Celts's David Connolly made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tzanko Hitrov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Grant McCay might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tzanko Hitrov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Grant McCay ran back to his position shaking his head. Jason Duffus took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tzanko Hitrov. Tzanko Hitrov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. After 73 minutes of play, Smiddy Celts's Shaun McLergain made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tzanko Hitrov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Shaun McLergain fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tzanko Hitrov having to interfere. Tzanko Hitrov came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Smiddy Celts's David Connolly. But to his dismay, David Connolly quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 10-0. Tzanko Hitrov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jason Duffus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tzanko Hitrov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tommy Coutts in the 88th minute of play. Shaun McLergain scored 11-0 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tzanko Hitrov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tzanko Hitrov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jason Duffus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Smiddy Celts had played much better football throughout.