U18 World League

The wings of success
Spectators: 8085 (Terracing: 6065, Seating: 1859, VIP seats: 161) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Minko Búrnev kicked off to start the match. With his leg Dobri Lapáček managed to avoid a goal in the 5thth minute, when SPARROWS's Valentin Gebrev fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 6 minutes into the game, Yanislav Plachkov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Dobri Lapáček was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Wiktor Cielencki recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Wiktor Cielencki came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the PRZEGRYWY! fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Wiktor Cielencki couldn't finish the play. A sloppy throw-in by Teodor Katerinski in the 17th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by PRZEGRYWY!'s Tobiasz Juchno. In the 27th minute, SPARROWS's Minko Búrnev dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. In the 33rd minute Wiktor Cielencki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Genko Dankin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34th minute, Wiktor Cielencki 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. Yanaki Dimanov hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Wiktor Cielencki took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Genko Dankin. Genko Dankin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. 45 minutes into the match, PRZEGRYWY!'s goalkeeper Dobri Lapáček had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Valentin Gebrev. Dobri Lapáček made a fantastic save in the 48th minute, when Yanislav Plachkov sent off a good shot on target.

The wind increased when Damian Pawlak made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, SPARROWS's goal looked a bit too open when Wiktor Cielencki came free, but Genko Dankin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 54 minutes into the match, Yanislav Plachkov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dobri Lapáček. PRZEGRYWY!'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yanislav Plachkov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Valentin Gebrev 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. Yanislav Plachkov took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dobri Lapáček. Dobri Lapáček dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. The audience was convinced that Wiktor Cielencki's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Genko Dankin was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Minko Búrnev in the 73rd minute of play forced PRZEGRYWY!'s goalkeeper Dobri Lapáček to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valentin Gebrev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 76th minute Yanislav Plachkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dobri Lapáček saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Wiktor Cielencki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wit Petka's late challenge caught a SPARROWS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wit Petka helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, PRZEGRYWY!'s Wit Petka got a free kick in the 80th minute. After a defensive mix-up in SPARROWS's zone, Wiktor Cielencki stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Genko Dankin came out of the goal and Wiktor Cielencki tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 88 minutes into the game, Wiktor Cielencki cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-2. Genko Dankin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Genko Dankin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wiktor Cielencki's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. Dobri Lapáček showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Gebrev in the 95th minute of the match.