U21 World League

Ifood Arena
Spectators: 7711 (Terracing: 5785, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Eloi Ocomardia kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rostislav Sitarski in the 3rd minute of play forced Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s goalkeeper Julio-César Goacher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of VN SOKOLI-VARNA booed when Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ® was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Róbson Sergipano didn't get a good kick on the ball. 9 minutes into the match, Eloi Ocomardia notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s Julio-César Goacher. Julio-César Goacher was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 12 minutes into the game, Tzvetoslav Vúlchov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Julio-César Goacher was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Julio-César Goacher made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rostislav Sitarski in the 17th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rubens Viana got free with Haralampi Kúrkelanov in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 24 played minutes VN SOKOLI-VARNA got a freekick which was hit by Ilko Zvúncharov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eloi Ocomardia in the 29th minute of play forced Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s goalkeeper Julio-César Goacher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Eloi Ocomardia managed to work through Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Eloi Ocomardia dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Julio-César Goacher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tzvetoslav Vúlchov in the 32nd minute of the match. Julio-César Goacher didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eloi Ocomardia went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eloi Ocomardia in the 39th minute of play forced Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s goalkeeper Julio-César Goacher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio-César Goacher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andon Traychev, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Tzvetoslav Vúlchov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Julio-César Goacher tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ® booed when VN SOKOLI-VARNA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tzvetoslav Vúlchov didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ® players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. VN SOKOLI-VARNA were winning 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rafa Coutinho to strike the kick off in the second half. Julio-César Goacher made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rostislav Sitarski in the 51st minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rubens Viana during the 51st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 52 played minutes Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ® got a freekick which was hit by Rubens Viana. The crowd rose to their feet as Igor Bolyukov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Julio-César Goacher. That made the score 0-4 in the 57 minute of play. Haralampi Kúrkelanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafa Coutinho in the 62nd minute of the match. With a little luck, Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s Julio-César Goacher got control of the ball when Tzvetoslav Vúlchov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Andon Traychev made in the 68th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s Nildo Maciel. Julio-César Goacher made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Bolyukov in the 74th minute of play. With a little luck, Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s Julio-César Goacher got control of the ball when Rostislav Sitarski tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 79 minutes Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Igor Bolyukov who took care of the corner kick. The corner led VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Tzvetoslav Vúlchov to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio-César Goacher despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s Julio-César Goacher proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ® from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopoldo Capixaba in the 82nd minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Haralampi Kúrkelanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tzvetoslav Vúlchov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tzvetoslav Vúlchov kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. 90 minutes into the game, Rafa Coutinho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Haralampi Kúrkelanov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched VN SOKOLI-VARNA eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.