U18 World League

JET-Arena
Spectators: 7564 (Terracing: 5674, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) Pavlin Ayanov made the kick off and thus started the match. Virgilio Marcilla made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nenko Kenov in the 3rd minute. PERSPOLIS's Virgilio Marcilla proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save PERSPOLIS from getting a goal against them. Nenko Kenov who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 11thth minute tested the skills of Virgilio Marcilla when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Curcio Torres during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, PERSPOLIS's Curcio Torres got a free kick in the 13th minute. Tihomir Kuleliev held his arms out in dispair when he, after a nice solo performance in the 15th minute, finished the attack by shooting the ball on the wrong side of the right post. With splendid footwork Pavlin Ayanov arrived in front of goal to shoot 1-0 by the left pole in the game's 16th minute. After a rather tough play, JET-M's Dragolyub Fúrtunkov got a free kick in the 19th minute. Antonio Kashukeev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaizki Lacorte in the 20th minute of the match. Antonio Kashukeev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Curcio Amer in the 22nd minute of the match. 27 minutes into the game, JET-M's Nenko Kenov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Virgilio Marcilla made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. JET-M's Antonio Kashukeev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaizki Lacorte in the 30th minute of play. Virgilio Marcilla made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nenko Kenov in the 33rd minute. In the 35thth minute of the game Pavlin Ayanov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PERSPOLIS's Virgilio Marcilla was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Virgilio Marcilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pavlin Ayanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Mirolyub Batoev kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. In the 44th minute Jaizki Lacorte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Kashukeev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antonio Kashukeev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donatello Incera in the 47th minute of play.

Antonio Kashukeev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Curcio Amer, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Pavlin Ayanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Antonio Kashukeev made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Jaizki Lacorte sent off a good shot on target. In the 64th minute, Nenko Kenov 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. If Pavlin Ayanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 65th minute Pavlin Ayanov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgilio Marcilla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Virgilio Marcilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pavlin Ayanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 68th minute, Pavlin Ayanov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Virgilio Marcilla was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. JET-M made a substitution. Vitan Chohadzhiev replaced Pantaley Bekyarov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nenko Kenov in the 73rd minute of play forced PERSPOLIS's goalkeeper Virgilio Marcilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 79 minutes into the match, PERSPOLIS's goal looked a bit too open when Pavlin Ayanov came free, but Virgilio Marcilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marian Karakanov kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Dragolyub Fúrtunkov's late challenge caught a PERSPOLIS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dragolyub Fúrtunkov helped the player get up and apologised. Dragolyub Fúrtunkov hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Pavlin Ayanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. JET-M were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of PERSPOLIS for a fine match.