U23 World League

Sleepy Hollow
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 140) Benjamin Sykes started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Benjamin Sykes took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Yanko Karaivanov to make any attempt to save it. Luke Hollingsworth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vencho Hristoskov in the 11th minute of play. With an all-out effort, The Handsome Wizards UTD's Yanko Karaivanov threw himself towards the right post 18 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Benjamin Sykes, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Yanko Karaivanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dominik Smith in the 21st minute of the match. If Dencho Yugov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 25 played minutes DOROSTOL Ss got a freekick which was hit by Hristiyan Dakev. Nathanial Weeks received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Yanko Karaivanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yanko Karaivanov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Benjamin Sykes in the 38th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vencho Hristoskov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 59 minutes into the match, DOROSTOL Ss's goal looked a bit too open when Dominik Smith came free, but Yanko Karaivanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Dominik Smith's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yanko Karaivanov was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. 65 minutes into the match, DOROSTOL Ss's goal looked a bit too open when Benjamin Sykes came free, but Yanko Karaivanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luke Hollingsworth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kostadin Desov in the 72nd minute of the match. In the 77th minute Benjamin Sykes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yanko Karaivanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benjamin Sykes in the 79th minute of play forced DOROSTOL Ss's goalkeeper Yanko Karaivanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 82 minutes of play, The Handsome Wizards UTD's Benjamin Sykes made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yanko Karaivanov was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 90 played minutes DOROSTOL Ss got a freekick which was hit by Kostadin Desov. The Handsome Wizards UTD's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.