U21 World League

Manicomio Stadium
Spectators: 7495 (Terracing: 5622, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Svetozar Popchev started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Maní FC's Dario Isaio got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Higinio Terciero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ganyo Semerdzhiev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Danail Mladzhov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lorenzo Henrico, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Marco Ursino kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. In the 17th minute Honorio Oriol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Danail Mladzhov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 19thth minute of the game Svetozar Mavrodiev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Maní FC's Higinio Terciero was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Svetozar Popchev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Higinio Terciero was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Honorio Oriol scored 1-0 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Danail Mladzhov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 29th minute, Svetozar Popchev made a precise shot to the right of Higinio Terciero. Maní FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 35th minute, one of THE CLUB:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for THE CLUB. The goalkeeper, Danail Mladzhov, was totally fooled by Maní FC's Lucio Bonifaco, who 37 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Danail Mladzhov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ovidio Weterio, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Ganyo Semerdzhiev scored 2-2 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Higinio Terciero, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 46th minute of the game. One of THE CLUB:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Maní FC:s goal. The goalkeeper, Danail Mladzhov, was totally fooled by Maní FC's Lucio Bonifaco, who 48 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lorenzo Henrico was the one to do the kick off. Higinio Terciero made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Svetozar Mavrodiev sent off a good shot on target. Svetozar Mavrodiev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Danail Mladzhov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Honorio Oriol, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Danail Mladzhov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ovidio Weterio, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. After a rather tough play, THE CLUB's Slavcho Mandzhukov got a free kick in the 67th minute. In the 69th minute, Lorenzo Henrico ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Danail Mladzhov was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. 72 minutes into the match, Ganyo Semerdzhiev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Higinio Terciero. Maní FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ganyo Semerdzhiev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-3. After a rather tough play, THE CLUB's Nikifor Groshkov got a free kick in the 76th minute. When the match had been going on for 77 minutes Lucio Bonifaco shot a great shot from long distance. It looked like a certain goal, but the audience witnessed a really smashing save by Danail Mladzhov when he caught the ball only just under the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Maní FC's zone, Slavcho Mandzhukov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Higinio Terciero came out of the goal and Slavcho Mandzhukov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ganyo Semerdzhiev during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 81 played minutes THE CLUB got a freekick which was hit by Ganyo Semerdzhiev. Lorenzo Henrico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Danail Mladzhov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 89th minute, Lucio Bonifaco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Luisito Costante had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ovidio Weterio in the 95th minute of play forced THE CLUB's goalkeeper Danail Mladzhov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. THE CLUB's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.