U18 World League

KORITOTO-VARNA
Spectators: 7646 (Terracing: 5736, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) After a rather tough play, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Ilko Zvúncharov got a free kick in the 2nd minute. The supporters of VN SOKOLI-VARNA booed when Liberland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonatan Abel didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 5th minute, Gercho Nenchovski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VN SOKOLI-VARNA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. With a little luck, Liberland's Donato Tiso got control of the ball when Asparuh Nechev tried to sneak it across the goal line. 10 minutes into the match, Liberland's goalkeeper Donato Tiso had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Velyo Demirev. Donato Tiso made an important save on a dangerous shot by Trendafil Tilev in the 10th minute. When Gaston Iyan fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Liberland's protests and gave Gaston Iyan a yellow card for diving instead. After 12 played minutes Liberland got a freekick which was hit by Gaston Iyan. 15 minutes into the match, Liberland's goalkeeper Donato Tiso had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Asparuh Nechev. Miroslav Nikolov kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Jonatan Abel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Trifon Mladenov kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Gaston Iyan kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. 23 minutes into the game, Hector Criston was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Liberland's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave VN SOKOLI-VARNA the free kick. Donato Tiso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gercho Nenchovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 26th minute, Jonatan Abel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Peycho Kolovski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trendafil Tilev in the 29th minute of play forced Liberland's goalkeeper Donato Tiso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Donato Tiso was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gercho Nenchovski showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 30 minute of play. In the 35th minute Trendafil Tilev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donato Tiso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ilko Zvúncharov hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gercho Nenchovski in the 41st minute of play forced Liberland's goalkeeper Donato Tiso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Asparuh Nechev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Donato Tiso made a huge save. After 43 played minutes Ilko Zvúncharov rounded Liberland's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-1. Asparuh Nechev kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 46thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Liberland's keeper Donato Tiso was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Carmelo Silbestre stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Donato Tiso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gercho Nenchovski in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 54th minute, Ilko Zvúncharov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Donato Tiso was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. 61 minutes into the game, Trendafil Tilev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Donato Tiso was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Carmelo Silbestre blasted a shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Peycho Kolovski having to make a save. Peycho Kolovski made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Jonatan Abel sent off a good shot on target. Gercho Nenchovski scored 6-1 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Donato Tiso, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Donato Tiso didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Trendafil Tilev went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-1 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Carmelo Silbestre took a quick shot and it went in 7-2 without a chance for Peycho Kolovski to make any attempt to save it. Tobias Flor took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Peycho Kolovski. Peycho Kolovski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-3. In the 92nd minute, Asparuh Nechev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Donato Tiso was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-3. VN SOKOLI-VARNA were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Liberland for a fine match.