U18 World League

Estadio Alejandra
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Alejandra's Gogo Bixintxo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Gogo Bixintxo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 2nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 7 played minutes Alejandra got a freekick which was hit by German Fernendo. Emilio Lonzo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yane Stranski in the 10th minute of play. Mihail Nizamov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Emilio Lonzo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Braulio Quinito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lazar Tushev having to interfere. Emilio Lonzo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yane Stranski went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihail Nizamov in the 29th minute of play forced Alejandra's goalkeeper Emilio Lonzo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Pencho Dulev hit a great ball. In the 31st minute, Ruben Berto sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and VN BAKITO's Lazar Tushev didn't even have to move. German Fernendo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lazar Tushev came out and tried to block the shot, but German Fernendo slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 34th minute. Gogo Bixintxo struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Lazar Tushev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Alejandra. In the 41st minute, Evstati Zayakov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emilio Lonzo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. German Fernendo took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lazar Tushev. Lazar Tushev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Gogo Bixintxo scored 3-2 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lazar Tushev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lazar Tushev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from German Fernendo went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. In the 59th minute Braulio Quinito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lazar Tushev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of VN BAKITO booed when Alejandra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raimundo Shantala didn't get a good kick on the ball. Emilio Lonzo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mihail Nizamov in the 63rd minute. Gogo Bixintxo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Lazar Tushev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Alejandra getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Teofilo Austin hit a great ball. Alejandra's Emilio Lonzo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denko Tzotzev in the 70th minute of play. Denko Tzotzev kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. In the 75th minute of the match Ruben Berto shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lazar Tushev showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Emilio Lonzo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yane Stranski in the 78th minute of the match. In the 79th match minute, VN BAKITO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dimcho Mitzov to maneuver through the defense. After 80 played minutes, Alejandra's Ruben Berto shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Lazar Tushev 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 Alejandra reached it. Boycho Zotov charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Boycho Zotov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Boycho Zotov hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the VN BAKITO defense, Gogo Bixintxo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lazar Tushev. The VN BAKITO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lazar Tushev should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Alejandra booed when VN BAKITO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pencho Dulev didn't get a good kick on the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Alejandra had played much better football throughout.