World League

Höllgrotte
Spectators: 7703 (Terracing: 5779, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Dido Vanev 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. Lilko Timov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Levent Erkinay in the 15th minute. Lilko Timov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Uriel Imbach in the 19th minute of the match. Lilko Timov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulo Seco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 23rd match minute, VN SOKOLI-VARNA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marian Todorov to maneuver through the defense. Lilko Timov made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Levent Erkinay sent off a good shot on target. In the 30th minute, Georg Gustavsson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lilko Timov. The goal made the score 2-0. VN SOKOLI-VARNA were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after Flatline Zombies's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Marian Todorov took the corner. After taking down the ball on VN SOKOLI-VARNA's corner Marian Todorov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Armağan Mukremin quite easily take care of the ball. Lilko Timov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo Seco in the 40th minute of the match. A collision led to VN SOKOLI-VARNA getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Avram Octavian hit a great ball. Levent Erkinay could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Lilko Timov made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dido Vanev in the 44th minute of play forced Flatline Zombies's goalkeeper Armağan Mukremin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th match minute, VN SOKOLI-VARNA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ayoub Adel to maneuver through the defense. 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 away team seemed most concentrated when Paulo Seco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Flatline Zombies defense, Dido Vanev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Armağan Mukremin. The Flatline Zombies fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Armağan Mukremin should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Levent Erkinay in the 58th minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Lilko Timov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lilko Timov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Georg Gustavsson in the 63rd minute of play. After 66 played minutes, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Ayoub Adel shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Armağan Mukremin came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in VN SOKOLI-VARNA reached it. Marian Todorov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Armağan Mukremin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dido Vanev in the 72nd minute of play forced Flatline Zombies's goalkeeper Armağan Mukremin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flatline Zombies's defense didn't have a chance, in the 77th minute, when Hong Feng Jian scored to the left of an out of position Armağan Mukremin, making the score, 2-2. A nice corner shot did that Marian Todorov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Armağan Mukremin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 84 minutes into the match, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Benet Rano sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Armağan Mukremin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 85th minute Peppone Simmen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lilko Timov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Levent Erkinay in the 86th minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Lilko Timov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute Dido Vanev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armağan Mukremin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hong Feng Jian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Armağan Mukremin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Flatline Zombies were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.