U18 World League

The Bistritsa Jungle
Spectators: 7760 (Terracing: 5821, Seating: 1785, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Aron Billström kicked off to start the match. After 3 played minutes Golden Lions FC got a freekick which was hit by Bengt-Åke Dahlberg. Aron Billström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Evstati Dokev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bengt-Åke Dahlberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evstati Dokev having to interfere. Golden Lions FC's Wiktor Lingren proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Golden Lions FC from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Aron Billström in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Evstati Dokev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Subin Panicherski hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. When Bengt-Åke Dahlberg was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 19 minutes had been played. Bengt-Åke Dahlberg kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Tigers of Bistritsa's Evstati Dokev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Nordström in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th minute, Subin Panicherski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 26 played minutes Tigers of Bistritsa got a freekick which was hit by Subin Panicherski. Golden Lions FC's Svante Sigman couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 26th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Tigers of Bistritsa. Wiktor Lingren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radoslav Dzhangozov, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. The supporters of Tigers of Bistritsa booed when Golden Lions FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evert Ahlgren didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 33rd minute, Penko Trenchev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wiktor Lingren was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Aron Billström managed to get in a good position for a shot. Golden Lions FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Aron Billström was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Evstati Dokev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Svante Sigman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Evstati Dokev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Alex Nordström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Evstati Dokev was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Radoslav Dzhangozov made a kick off. When Asparuh Bubov came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Tigers of Bistritsa 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 Asparuh Bubov couldn't finish the play. If Aron Billström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Svante Sigman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Nordström in the 63rd minute of play forced Tigers of Bistritsa's goalkeeper Evstati Dokev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th match minute, Tigers of Bistritsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radoslav Dzhangozov to maneuver through the defense. Evstati Dokev made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Alex Nordström sent off a good shot on target. Svante Sigman was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 81st minute. Golden Lions FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. With a little luck, Tigers of Bistritsa's Evstati Dokev got control of the ball when Aron Billström tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of Golden Lions FC booed when Tigers of Bistritsa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Damyan Petranov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sebastian Axelsson charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sebastian Axelsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 87th match minute, Golden Lions FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastian Axelsson to maneuver through the defense. In the 89th minute, Subin Panicherski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.