U18 World League

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 7754 (Terracing: 5817, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zhelyo Tzingilev started the match with the kick off. João Leiva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Delyan Bogdanliyski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 9 played minutes, Floresta Club U18's Diogo Cordeiro shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Delyan Bogdanliyski 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 Floresta Club U18 reached it. The supporters of Pryaporets booed when Floresta Club U18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Leiva didn't get a good kick on the ball. Floresta Club U18's Hudson de Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Violet Altimirski in the 16th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Zeca Souto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Violet Altimirski in the 26th minute of play forced Floresta Club U18's goalkeeper Hudson de Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th minute Zeca Souto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Delyan Bogdanliyski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ancho Gurgov scored 1-0 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hudson de Souza, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Floresta Club U18's João Leiva got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 34th minute Luciano Valadares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Delyan Bogdanliyski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th minute, Zhelyo Tzingilev reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hudson de Souza. The goal made the score 3-0. Diogo Cordeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell João Leiva to make the kick off. In the 53rdth minute of the game João Leiva who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pryaporets's Delyan Bogdanliyski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Zhelyo Tzingilev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Delyan Bogdanliyski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luciano Valadares in the 62nd minute of play. After having played for 64 minutes, Zhelyo Tzingilev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pryaporets's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zhelyo Tzingilev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Pryaporets made a substitution. Nikifor Mikov replaced Galabin Popyordanov. Pryaporets's Valeri Durov was substituted for Boyan Politov. Pryaporets's Sevdalin Palatov was substituted for Boyan Yonov. In the 73rd minute, Tarcisio de Sousa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hudson de Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhelyo Tzingilev in the 77th minute of play. João Francisco Sampaio kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. In the 79th minute of the match Violet Altimirski shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hudson de Souza showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Hudson de Souza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ancho Gurgov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Floresta Club U18's zone, Nikifor Mikov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hudson de Souza came out of the goal and Nikifor Mikov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hudson de Souza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ancho Gurgov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 84th match minute, Pryaporets was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mirolyub Dzhalev to maneuver through the defense. 85 minutes into the match, Floresta Club U18's Diogo Cordeiro broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. In the 86th match minute, Pryaporets was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikifor Mikov to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhelyo Tzingilev in the 90th minute of play forced Floresta Club U18's goalkeeper Hudson de Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hudson de Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ancho Gurgov in the 97th minute of the match.