U21 League

Camp Nou
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Vitaliy Tinkov started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, FC Barcelona Lassa's goal looked a bit too open when Kristof Van Dessen came free, but Svyatoslav Botvinnikov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 5 minutes, Klaus Dhondt mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Draconia and the FC Barcelona Lassa players grew even worse after the yellow card. Klaus Dhondt hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. The supporters of FC Draconia booed when FC Barcelona Lassa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ilya Abramov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Klaus Dhondt kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Svyatoslav Botvinnikov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kristof Van Dessen in the 17th minute of play. In the 19thth minute of the game Jerry Moerman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Barcelona Lassa's Svyatoslav Botvinnikov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With his leg Uwe Nwachukwu managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when FC Barcelona Lassa's Efim Lentovskiy fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kristof Van Dessen in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Svyatoslav Botvinnikov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 31st minute, Vitaliy Tinkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 34thth minute of the game Danil Filankov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Draconia's Uwe Nwachukwu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kraig McAlphie in the 35th minute of play forced FC Barcelona Lassa's goalkeeper Svyatoslav Botvinnikov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th minute, Kristof Van Dessen made a precise shot to the right of Svyatoslav Botvinnikov. FC Barcelona Lassa's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Svyatoslav Botvinnikov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kristof Van Dessen in the 39th minute of play. After 41 played minutes FC Draconia got a freekick which was hit by Klaus Dhondt. After 42 played minutes FC Draconia got a freekick which was hit by Alexandros Sgouros. After a defensive mix-up in FC Draconia's zone, Ilya Abramov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Uwe Nwachukwu came out of the goal and Ilya Abramov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Svyatoslav Botvinnikov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerry Moerman in the 45th minute of play. In the 47th minute, Jerry Moerman made a precise shot to the right of Svyatoslav Botvinnikov. FC Barcelona Lassa's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3.

Danil Filankov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Uwe Nwachukwu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jerry Moerman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Svyatoslav Botvinnikov made a huge save. FC Draconia's Uwe Nwachukwu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Danil Filankov in the 64th minute of play. In the 65th minute of the match FC Barcelona Lassa got a corner. FC Draconia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ilya Abramov ran over to the corner to take the kick. 67 minutes into the game, one of FC Barcelona Lassa:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 68 minutes, FC Draconia's Štefko Stadnyuk got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Svyatoslav Botvinnikov. Jerry Moerman in the 73rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Svyatoslav Botvinnikov, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Efim Lentovskiy recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to FC Barcelona Lassa getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Pavel Kachaev hit a great ball. Uwe Nwachukwu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danil Filankov in the 80th minute of the match. Jerry Moerman who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 81stth minute tested the skills of Svyatoslav Botvinnikov when he managed to save the team from getting behind. FC Draconia were awarded a corner in the 86th minute after FC Barcelona Lassa's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Štefko Stadnyuk took the corner. After taking down the ball on FC Draconia's corner Štefko Stadnyuk fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Svyatoslav Botvinnikov quite easily take care of the ball. Freddy Olemans hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Svyatoslav Botvinnikov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kraig McAlphie went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. FC Draconia's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.