U23 League

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Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Steven Gerard made the kick off which started today's match. Steven Gerard could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Frederic Gschwendtner made a huge save. Georgi Naidenov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David-Pascal Metzler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 14th match minute, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Serafim Mashev to maneuver through the defense. In the 16th minute Evgeni Kalkandzhiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frederic Gschwendtner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг booed when StopBuyingToken was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexander Dickopf didn't get a good kick on the ball. Frederic Gschwendtner was a little too slow when Evgeni Kalkandzhiev got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 23rd minute. The score was now 2-0. A collision led to StopBuyingToken getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Hugo Moser hit a great ball. Georgi Naidenov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Omer Asaf, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Frederic Gschwendtner came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Steven Gerard. But to his dismay, Steven Gerard quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Toni Kochmarov charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Toni Kochmarov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 35th match minute, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Toni Kochmarov to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, StopBuyingToken's Frederic Gschwendtner got control of the ball when Evgeni Kalkandzhiev tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Omer Asaf in the 39th minute of play forced ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's goalkeeper Georgi Naidenov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Philipp Peintner was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 43 minutes into the match. 43 minutes into the game, one of StopBuyingToken:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 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 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joachim Schuster to make the kick off. A collision led to ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Toni Kochmarov hit a great ball. David-Pascal Metzler came free with the goalkeeper in the 59th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Georgi Naidenov could save by the left post. After 60 played minutes ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг got a freekick which was hit by Evgeni Kalkandzhiev. Joachim Schuster fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Georgi Naidenov having to interfere. Frederic Gschwendtner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kuzman Tzankov in the 67th minute of the match. After having played for 71 minutes, Joachim Schuster managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. StopBuyingToken's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joachim Schuster was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Kuzman Tzankov might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Frederic Gschwendtner. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kuzman Tzankov ran back to his position shaking his head. 80 minutes into the match, StopBuyingToken's goal looked a bit too open when Steven Gerard came free, but Frederic Gschwendtner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joachim Schuster hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. StopBuyingToken's Frederic Gschwendtner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kuzman Tzankov in the 89th minute of play. After 90 minutes, Andy Köhn mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the StopBuyingToken and the ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to StopBuyingToken getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Andy Köhn hit a great ball. After some careless play in the StopBuyingToken defense, Kuzman Tzankov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Frederic Gschwendtner. The StopBuyingToken fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Frederic Gschwendtner should have stopped the shot. 95 minutes into the match, Evgeni Kalkandzhiev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Frederic Gschwendtner. StopBuyingToken's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Evgeni Kalkandzhiev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. StopBuyingToken's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.