U23 World League

JET-Arena
Spectators: 7696 (Terracing: 5773, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Arvin Engman kicked off to start the match. FC Wingspan's Jonathan Almstedt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Slavi Goryanov in the 3rd minute of play. After some careless play in the FC Wingspan defense, Lachezar Ralovski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Almstedt. The FC Wingspan fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Almstedt should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lachezar Ralovski in the 7th minute of play forced FC Wingspan's goalkeeper Jonathan Almstedt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Evlogi Dzhoganov hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Dimcho Tzakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Almstedt having to interfere. 17 minutes into the game, Jan-Olof Abrahamsson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Stoyan Teodosiev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Stoyan Teodosiev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jocke Nilsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Almstedt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lachezar Ralovski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Evlogi Dzhoganov got free with Jonathan Almstedt in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jonathan Almstedt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lachezar Ralovski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lachezar Ralovski in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Almstedt saved FC Wingspan from getting behind. In the 35th match minute, FC Wingspan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rune Hård to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Almstedt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evlogi Dzhoganov in the 44th minute of play. After 46 minutes FC Wingspan's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Miladin Radevski who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Miladin Radevski almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Wingspan's Jonathan Almstedt did a great save. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lachezar Ralovski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jan-Olof Abrahamsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Stoyan Teodosiev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Almstedt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vangel Pilishtarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Jonathan Almstedt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimcho Tzakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 84th minute, Lachezar Ralovski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Almstedt was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. JET-M's Yancho Trifonov was substituted for Lachezar Ralovski. Jonathan Almstedt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yancho Trifonov, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. 92 minutes into the match, JET-M's goal looked a bit too open when Jan-Olof Abrahamsson came free, but Stoyan Teodosiev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stoyan Teodosiev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan-Olof Abrahamsson in the 93rd minute of the match. Jonathan Almstedt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yancho Trifonov in the 95th minute of the match.