U23 League

Arena Gmunden
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Stanyo Blagiev took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 8th minute, VN BAKITO's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Oliver Jarkovsky fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 10th minute, BiBa's Christian Demmel ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Yane Stranski. Yane Stranski yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. After a rather tough play, BiBa's Simon Schachner got a free kick in the 12th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Stanyo Blagiev notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of BiBa's Stefan Wrobel. Stefan Wrobel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanyo Blagiev in the 18th minute of play forced BiBa's goalkeeper Stefan Wrobel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 19 minutes of play, BiBa's Oliver Jarkovsky made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yane Stranski was left in no man's land by his defense there! VN BAKITO's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Oliver Jarkovsky 22 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 4-1. In the 25th match minute, VN BAKITO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Asen Mihajlov to maneuver through the defense. Stoyadin Axentiev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 35th minute Prokopi Zerinov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefan Wrobel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Prokopi Zerinov in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stefan Wrobel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Bozhko Shtúrkelov hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Prokopi Zerinov in the 46th minute of play forced BiBa's goalkeeper Stefan Wrobel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Christian Demmel to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Oliver Jarkovsky notched a goal, 6-1, to the right of VN BAKITO's Yane Stranski. Yane Stranski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to BiBa getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Klaus Vollmari hit a great ball. Yane Stranski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oliver Jarkovsky in the 60th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Stanyo Blagiev could shoot a difficult shot in the 61st minute, which Stefan Wrobel however easily saved by the left post. Yane Stranski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simon Schachner in the 65th minute of play. After 66 minutes, Prokopi Zerinov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the VN BAKITO and the BiBa players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 66 played minutes VN BAKITO got a freekick which was hit by Prokopi Zerinov. 68 minutes into the match, VN BAKITO's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Schachner came free, but Yane Stranski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 69 minutes, Stoyadin Axentiev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the VN BAKITO and the BiBa players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Stoyadin Axentiev hit a great ball. If Simon Schachner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Klaus Vollmari during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 81 played minutes BiBa got a freekick which was hit by Klaus Vollmari. BiBa's Stefan Wrobel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save BiBa from getting a goal against them. 85 minutes into the match, BiBa's goal looked a bit too open when Stanyo Blagiev came free, but Stefan Wrobel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Christian Demmel hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. BiBa were victorious despite being under pressure from VN BAKITO for much of the match.