U18 World League

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 7540 (Terracing: 5656, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bartolo Oto kicked off to start the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ivelin Simchev in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aurelio Sabin saved Guansa from getting behind. Boyan Politov lost his temper 7 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 6 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Pryaporets! Pryaporets:s Delyan Bogdanliyski showed great skill when he stopped Zacarias Fagildo:s penalty. After 15 played minutes Pryaporets got a freekick which was hit by Nikifor Netov. Aurelio Sabin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adam Fandúkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Guansa's Aurelio Sabin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Fandúkov in the 19th minute of play. In the 25th minute, Cristobal Bartoleme ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Delyan Bogdanliyski was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After a rather tough play, Guansa's Cristobal Bartoleme got a free kick in the 32nd minute. The supporters of Pryaporets booed when Guansa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Benito Giro didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Moises Galtero fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Guansa's protests and gave Moises Galtero a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Guansa getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Moises Galtero hit a great ball. Adam Fandúkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Aurelio Sabin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ivelin Simchev made a kick off. Delyan Bogdanliyski made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Cristobal Bartoleme sent off a good shot on target. 51 minutes into the game, Mircho Bakov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pryaporets's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Guansa the free kick. After 51 played minutes Pryaporets got a freekick which was hit by Mircho Bakov. In the 53rdth minute of the game Bartolo Oto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pryaporets's Delyan Bogdanliyski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Pryaporets's Nikifor Netov got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pryaporets made a substitution. Valentin Gúrkov replaced Adam Fandúkov. Pryaporets's Gyuro Gúrdanov was substituted for Nikifor Netov. In the 65th match minute, Guansa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciro Frisco to maneuver through the defense. Valentin Gúrkov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Aurelio Sabin came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by Pryaporets's Valentin Gúrkov. But to his dismay, Valentin Gúrkov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Pryaporets's Pancho Kodov was substituted for Slavyan Topuzliyski. 79 minutes into the game, Valentin Gúrkov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Aurelio Sabin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Aurelio Sabin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivelin Simchev in the 88th minute of the match.