U18 World League

Pepsi Stadium
Spectators: 7460 (Terracing: 5596, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Božidar Pavleski made the kick off which started today's match. ✩ Pep Team ✩'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Niko Ognenovski in the 7th minute. ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Niko Ognenovski was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Frisco Abella in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 10 minutes Pepsi Fuchibol Clu's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Niko Ognenovski who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Božidar Pavleski got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Frisco Abella quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Frisco Abella came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Iljo Rangelov. But to his dismay, Iljo Rangelov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 20th minute of the match, Oto Abeita tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Taško Filipovski saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. A collision led to ✩ Pep Team ✩ getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Leka Josifov hit a great ball. Taško Filipovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oto Abeita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31st minute, Gabon Abar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leonardo Velasco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Božidar Pavleski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Frisco Abella was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. In the 44th minute Božidar Pavleski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frisco Abella saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 46 minutes into the match, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s goal looked a bit too open when Oto Abeita came free, but Taško Filipovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Taško Filipovski was out of position in the 47 minute of play, and Oto Abeita capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Oto Abeita really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Ysidro Abadie received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Taško Filipovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Niko Ognenovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Frisco Abella having to interfere. Taško Filipovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oto Abeita in the 62nd minute of play. If Leonardo Velasco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Taško Filipovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oto Abeita, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Taško Filipovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonardo Velasco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leka Josifov was shown his second yellow card after 76 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of Pepsi Fuchibol Clu booed when ✩ Pep Team ✩ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leka Josifov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 79 played minutes ✩ Pep Team ✩ got a freekick which was hit by Iljo Rangelov. Taško Filipovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oto Abeita in the 82nd minute of play. Taško Filipovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christiano Abadie in the 84th minute of the match. 87 minutes into the match, Oto Abeita notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Taško Filipovski. Taško Filipovski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ranko Nedev in the 90th minute of play forced Pepsi Fuchibol Clu's goalkeeper Frisco Abella to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 92 minutes, Ranko Nedev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ✩ Pep Team ✩'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Ranko Nedev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Felix Abajas during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 93rd match minute, Pepsi Fuchibol Clu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Abajas to maneuver through the defense. 95 minutes into the match, Pepsi Fuchibol Clu's goalkeeper Frisco Abella had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ordan Emini. When Ordan Emini came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the ✩ Pep Team ✩ 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 Ordan Emini couldn't finish the play. Pepsi Fuchibol Clu's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.