U21 World League

The Bistritsa Jungle
Spectators: 7514 (Terracing: 5636, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Asparuh Bubov started the match with the kick off. Esteban Pérez's late challenge caught a Tigers of Bistritsa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Esteban Pérez helped the player get up and apologised. After 5 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Club Deportivo Águila! Ricardo Peña scored 0-1 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Evstati Dokev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Fidel Uranga came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Club Deportivo Águila fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Fidel Uranga couldn't finish the play. Evstati Dokev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Pineda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Libardo Fuentes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 18 minutes into the game, Club Deportivo Águila's Fidel Uranga nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Evstati Dokev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After 23 minutes Club Deportivo Águila's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nikolay Hambarski who took care of the corner kick. Nikolay Hambarski made a great header on Tigers of Bistritsa's corner, it was just that Club Deportivo Águila's Camilo Galeas managed to reach the ball for a save. Camilo Galeas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Asparuh Bubov in the 25th minute. Evstati Dokev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fidel Uranga went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. In the 31st minute Libardo Fuentes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evstati Dokev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tigers of Bistritsa's Evstati Dokev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Pineda in the 32nd minute of play. 37 minutes into the game, Tigers of Bistritsa's Asparuh Bubov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Camilo Galeas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Evstati Dokev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fidel Uranga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Ricardo Peña fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Club Deportivo Águila's protests and gave Ricardo Peña a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Club Deportivo Águila's Ricardo Peña got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Camilo Galeas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Asparuh Bubov in the 45th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The wind increased when Alberto Pineda made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Tigers of Bistritsa's Evstati Dokev got control of the ball when Alberto Pineda tried to sneak it across the goal line. Evstati Dokev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Pineda in the 60th minute of the match. Fidel Uranga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evstati Dokev having to interfere. 67 minutes in the game, Alberto Pineda fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Evstati Dokev having to interfere. Evstati Dokev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Pineda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Evstati Dokev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Pineda in the 68th minute of play. Trendafil Etov hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. After 80 played minutes Club Deportivo Águila got a freekick which was hit by Ricardo Peña. 85 minutes into the match, Tigers of Bistritsa's goal looked a bit too open when Libardo Fuentes came free, but Evstati Dokev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 93 minutes into the game, Libardo Fuentes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-5. Evstati Dokev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Evstati Dokev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fidel Uranga in the 96th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Club Deportivo Águila eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.