U18 World League

JOSE ANGEL PEREZ
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's Luis Molina 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. After 13 played minutes ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO got a freekick which was hit by Lorencio Bastida. Bocho Chovanski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Xorxe Soldado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Dido Stamenov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг from getting a goal against them. Sasho Romanski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xorxe Soldado having to interfere. Dido Stamenov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frodo Alabern in the 29th minute of the match. Xorxe Soldado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sasho Romanski in the 31st minute of the match. Bocho Chovanski succeeded in the game's 37th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. 44 minutes into the game, Estefan Hernandez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг the free kick. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 43rd minute of the game. One of ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг:s goal. 45 minutes into the game, Dobromir Gruychev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Xorxe Soldado was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After the first half ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bocho Chovanski was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sasho Romanski got free with Xorxe Soldado in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sasho Romanski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Xorxe Soldado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's Hanni Rico got a free kick in the 63rd minute. In the 64th minute, Dobromir Gruychev got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A collision led to ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Sasho Romanski hit a great ball. In the 67th minute of the match Lorencio Bastida sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dido Stamenov skillfully saved the ball. When Bocho Chovanski came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг 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 Bocho Chovanski couldn't finish the play. Xorxe Soldado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bocho Chovanski, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Dido Stamenov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Molina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO made a substitution. Xabel Beloki replaced Mané Aguado. The corner led ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's Lorencio Bastida to fire away a dangerous shot which Dido Stamenov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 85 minutes of play, ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's Frodo Alabern made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dido Stamenov was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's zone, Xabel Beloki stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dido Stamenov came out of the goal and Xabel Beloki tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 94 played minutes ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO got a freekick which was hit by Hanni Rico.