U21 World League

Стадион Вежен
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Stanoy Golomehov got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cesare Di Loreto in the 16th minute of play forced Вежен's goalkeeper Gercho Mantarkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute, Cesare Di Loreto made a precise shot to the right of Gercho Mantarkov. Вежен's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 21st minute, Cesare Di Loreto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gercho Mantarkov was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Gercho Mantarkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfonso Iori in the 24th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Minko Tzintzarski got free with Anthony Volpe in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 29th minute, Sava Vatrachki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 33 minutes into the match, Squadra de Pippe's goal looked a bit too open when Minko Tzintzarski came free, but Anthony Volpe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cesare Di Loreto in the 40th minute of play forced Вежен's goalkeeper Gercho Mantarkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Squadra de Pippe's Anthony Volpe got control of the ball when Minko Tzintzarski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Anthony Volpe made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stanoy Golomehov in the 45th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alfonso Iori stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Squadra de Pippe's Diego Coccia got a free kick in the 53rd minute. 54 minutes into the match, Vasil Kalfov notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Squadra de Pippe's Anthony Volpe. Anthony Volpe was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Anko Katincharov kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Anthony Volpe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Biser Pranchev, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Anthony Volpe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Biser Pranchev in the 67th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Squadra de Pippe's Scofield Volante got a free kick in the 68th minute. Anthony Volpe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Minko Tzintzarski in the 72nd minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, Squadra de Pippe's goal looked a bit too open when Stanoy Golomehov came free, but Anthony Volpe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alfonso Iori could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Gercho Mantarkov made a huge save. Gercho Mantarkov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Flavio Scalia in the 78th minute. Haralampi Niklev hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Gercho Mantarkov made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Alfonso Iori sent off a good shot on target. After 84 played minutes Squadra de Pippe got a freekick which was hit by Federico Nobile. Prokopi Basarov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alfonso Iori struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Gercho Mantarkov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Squadra de Pippe. A collision led to Squadra de Pippe getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Federico Nobile hit a great ball. Squadra de Pippe's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.