U21 World League

Ciudad Universitaria
Spectators: 7668 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) Ronaldo Pérez started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 2 minutes into the match, Lucio Jado had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Romeo Pedroso. Cougars FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lucio Jado was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Fabio Artal took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Lyuben Chuturkov to make any attempt to save it. Romeo Pedroso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yulian Seferinov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Romeo Pedroso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yulian Seferinov, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. After 15 minutes of play, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Yulian Seferinov made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Romeo Pedroso was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 18thth minute of the game Lucio Jado who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cougars FC's Romeo Pedroso was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Romeo Pedroso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucio Jado, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Doncho Sarachev took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Romeo Pedroso. Romeo Pedroso dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. In the 25th minute, Lucio Jado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ovidio Luken in the 30thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Lyuben Chuturkov, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Romeo Pedroso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucio Jado in the 32nd minute of play. Romeo Pedroso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vasko Chochkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Romeo Pedroso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucio Jado, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yulian Seferinov in the 40th minute of play forced Cougars FC's goalkeeper Romeo Pedroso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Romeo Pedroso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucio Jado, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. 42 minutes into the game, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Vasko Chochkov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Romeo Pedroso made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. The audience was convinced that Lucio Jado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Romeo Pedroso was relentless in the 46th minute of the game.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lucio Jado to make the kick off. Lyuben Chuturkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Artal in the 52nd minute of the match. After 53 minutes, Teodosio Sendoa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cougars FC and the Lokomotiv Plovdiv players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 54th match minute, Cougars FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teodosio Sendoa to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Simon Wells from long distance, 54 minutes into the match, got Romeo Pedroso's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. After having played for 59 minutes, Vasko Chochkov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lokomotiv Plovdiv's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vasko Chochkov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cougars FC's Romeo Pedroso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yulian Seferinov in the 60th minute of play. Ronaldo Pérez took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lyuben Chuturkov. Lyuben Chuturkov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. Lucio Jado scored 2-5 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Romeo Pedroso, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vasko Chochkov in the 70th minute of play forced Cougars FC's goalkeeper Romeo Pedroso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the match, Cougars FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lucio Jado came free, but Romeo Pedroso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th match minute, Cougars FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teodosio Sendoa to maneuver through the defense. Lyuben Chuturkov came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Cougars FC's Fabio Artal. But to his dismay, Fabio Artal quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-5. Doncho Sarachev might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Romeo Pedroso. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Doncho Sarachev ran back to his position shaking his head. Romeo Pedroso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucio Jado in the 87th minute of the match. Romeo Pedroso made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Lucio Jado sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Cougars FC's Romeo Pedroso got control of the ball when Vasko Chochkov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 94th minute Vasko Chochkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romeo Pedroso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gualterio Pio kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. Lokomotiv Plovdiv played a much better game than Cougars FC and deserved their victory. The Cougars FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.