U18 League

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Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) 3 minutes into the match, ☆冰谷☆永远的9号『法皇』's goal looked a bit too open when Doncho Reklyovski came free, but Brunko Pirinchev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Doncho Reklyovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tzeno Berovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Brunko Pirinchev having to interfere. Stanko Aprilov's late challenge caught a MANCHESTER UNITED's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stanko Aprilov helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ☆冰谷☆永远的9号『法皇』 getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Stanko Aprilov hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Stoyadin Vironov managed to get in a good position for a shot. ☆冰谷☆永远的9号『法皇』's supporters rose to their feet, but Stoyadin Vironov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Grisha Rakitski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Grisha Rakitski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stoyadin Vironov in the 35th minute of play. The supporters of ☆冰谷☆永远的9号『法皇』 booed when MANCHESTER UNITED was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vlado Dzhatov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 43 played minutes, ☆冰谷☆永远的9号『法皇』's Donyo Paliyski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Grisha Rakitski 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 ☆冰谷☆永远的9号『法皇』 reached it. After a rather tough play, MANCHESTER UNITED's Mihail Opúlchenski got a free kick in the 45th minute. After 45 played minutes, ☆冰谷☆永远的9号『法皇』's Donyo Paliyski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Grisha Rakitski 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 ☆冰谷☆永远的9号『法皇』 reached it. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Doncho Reklyovski was the one to do the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in MANCHESTER UNITED's zone, Stoyadin Vironov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Grisha Rakitski came out of the goal and Stoyadin Vironov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Stoyadin Vironov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Grisha Rakitski was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. If Boycho Zhilev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Grisha Rakitski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stoyadin Vironov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tzeno Berovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 77th minute Kaloyan Kolev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grisha Rakitski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. MANCHESTER UNITED's Doncho Reklyovski got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Kaloyan Kolev fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ☆冰谷☆永远的9号『法皇』's protests and gave Kaloyan Kolev a yellow card for diving instead. In the 91st match minute, ☆冰谷☆永远的9号『法皇』 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kaloyan Kolev to maneuver through the defense. If Boycho Zhilev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. MANCHESTER UNITED were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.