U18 World League

KORITOTO-VARNA
Spectators: 7730 (Terracing: 5799, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Trendafil Tilev kicked off to start the match. Barrilete Cósmico FC's Ramiro Nicholas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Barrilete Cósmico FC from getting a goal against them. After 11 played minutes VN SOKOLI-VARNA got a freekick which was hit by Trendafil Tilev. After 12 minutes of play, Barrilete Cósmico FC's Martín Ibrahimovic made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vute Iskrov was left in no man's land by his defense there! 20 minutes into the match, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goal looked a bit too open when Martín Ibrahimovic came free, but Vute Iskrov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 21st minute of the game Teofan Nikolov made a throw-in which Toncho Garvalov played forward. Vute Iskrov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Martín Ibrahimovic went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Barrilete Cósmico FC's Ramiro Nicholas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Barrilete Cósmico FC from getting a goal against them. Fidel Di Maria made in the 33rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Ruben Maurin. In the 34th match minute, Barrilete Cósmico FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciriaco Vito to maneuver through the defense. In the 40th minute Ciriaco Vito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vute Iskrov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 40th play minutes Ciriaco Vito shot 1-3, a short shot which went by Vute Iskrov and just under the crossbar into goal. Vute Iskrov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martín Ibrahimovic in the 43rd minute of play. When Velyo Demirev came up free with the goalie in the 48th minute, the VN SOKOLI-VARNA 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 Velyo Demirev couldn't finish the play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

57 minutes into the game, Leonides Restu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Barrilete Cósmico FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave VN SOKOLI-VARNA the free kick. Leonides Restu kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Trendafil Tilev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ramiro Nicholas having to interfere. Ciriaco Vito might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vute Iskrov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ciriaco Vito ran back to his position shaking his head. Martín Ibrahimovic charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Martín Ibrahimovic the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Trendafil Tilev got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 76th minute, Martín Ibrahimovic 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. 77 minutes into the game, Martín Ibrahimovic recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Vute Iskrov. Martín Ibrahimovic showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-4. Barrilete Cósmico FC's Ramiro Nicholas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Trendafil Tilev in the 85th minute of play. If Trendafil Tilev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martín Ibrahimovic in the 96th minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Vute Iskrov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Barrilete Cósmico FC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.