U18 World League

Arena Palestra
Spectators: 7462 (Terracing: 5597, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Serafim Loyola started the match with the kick off. Ernani Brito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Miro Vladikov having to interfere. 9 minutes into the match, Serafim Loyola had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Miro Vladikov. VN Keleler's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Serafim Loyola was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Serafim Loyola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Miro Vladikov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A throw-in in the 15th minute of the game was made by Stanimir Yankulov with Božidar Iskrenov as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. A collision led to Zandarin FC getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Alexandre Meireles hit a great ball. Ernani Brito charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ernani Brito the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ernani Brito hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Svetlin Pazvantov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Jânio Ramos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to VN Keleler getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Dilyan Maynolovski hit a great ball. Ernani Brito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 34 minutes, Violet Bakov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the VN Keleler and the Zandarin FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 34 played minutes VN Keleler got a freekick which was hit by Violet Bakov. 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.

VN Keleler's Miro Vladikov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernani Brito in the 51st minute of play. Dilyan Maynolovski scored 1-1 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jânio Ramos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ernani Brito struck a weak shot in the 65th minute. Miro Vladikov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Zandarin FC. Zandarin FC's Ernani Brito got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 71 minutes of play, VN Keleler's Serafim Búrzakov made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jânio Ramos was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in Zandarin FC's zone, Božidar Iskrenov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jânio Ramos came out of the goal and Božidar Iskrenov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Yulian Yuliev's late challenge caught a Zandarin FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yulian Yuliev helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to VN Keleler getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Yulian Yuliev hit a great ball. Svetlin Pazvantov succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-3 in the 87th playminute. In the 96th minute, Zandarin FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Svetlin Pazvantov fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. VN Keleler's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.