U23 League

Blue Shock Arena
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ruud Geels started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, FC LEVSKI ОК's Zdravko Cholashki got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Henk-Jan Opdam hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Niels-Jan Harmens charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Niels-Jan Harmens the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Verwachting's Niels-Jan Harmens got a free kick in the 7th minute. Melvin Borgman was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Chavdar Arabadzhiev. After 10 played minutes, FC LEVSKI ОК's Zdravko Deninski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Melvin Borgman 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 FC LEVSKI ОК reached it. After a rather tough play, Verwachting's Wilco Kosterman got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 15th match minute, Verwachting was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edwin Bulder to maneuver through the defense. When Chavdar Arabadzhiev came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the FC LEVSKI ОК 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 Chavdar Arabadzhiev couldn't finish the play. 18 minutes in the game, Georgi Parlapanski fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Melvin Borgman having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilco Kosterman in the 20th minute of play forced FC LEVSKI ОК's goalkeeper Georgi Kushev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th minute, Wilco Kosterman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Georgi Kushev was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 27th minute Zdravko Deninski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Melvin Borgman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 29 minutes into the match, FC LEVSKI ОК's goal looked a bit too open when Wilco Kosterman came free, but Georgi Kushev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Wilco Kosterman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Georgi Kushev was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. In the 32nd minute, Wilco Kosterman made a precise shot to the right of Georgi Kushev. FC LEVSKI ОК's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. If Georgi Parlapanski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Georgi Kushev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilco Kosterman in the 38th minute of play. Georgi Parlapanski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Melvin Borgman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC LEVSKI ОК's Georgi Kushev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wilco Kosterman in the 43rd minute of play. Melvin Borgman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zdravko Deninski in the 45th minute of the match.

The wind increased when Vanyo Kochev made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, FC LEVSKI ОК's goalkeeper Georgi Kushev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Theo Zoontjens. Zdravko Deninski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Melvin Borgman having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zdravko Deninski in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Melvin Borgman saved Verwachting from getting behind. Verwachting's Melvin Borgman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vanyo Kochev in the 59th minute of play. Theo Zoontjens could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Georgi Kushev made a huge save. Georgi Kushev was a little too slow when Ruud Geels got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 65th minute. The score was now 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vanyo Kochev in the 70th minute of play forced Verwachting's goalkeeper Melvin Borgman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wilco Kosterman who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 75thth minute tested the skills of Georgi Kushev when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Melvin Borgman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zheko Ananiev in the 77th minute of play. Melvin Borgman didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vanyo Kochev went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Chavdar Arabadzhiev hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. FC LEVSKI ОК's Georgi Kushev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruud Geels in the 84th minute of play. The supporters of Verwachting booed when FC LEVSKI ОК was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marian Papalezov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ruud Geels received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Georgi Kushev came out and tried to block the shot, but Ruud Geels slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 86th minute. FC LEVSKI ОК's defense didn't have a chance, in the 93rd minute, when Ruud Geels scored to the left of an out of position Georgi Kushev, making the score, 1-6. The Verwachting players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.