U23 World League

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Spectators: 7742 (Terracing: 5808, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Moisés Arruda took the kick off in the first half of the match. 8 minutes into the match, Ricardo Travassos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Georgi Naidenov. ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ricardo Travassos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 14 minutes into the match, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's goal looked a bit too open when Aimar Aimar came free, but Georgi Naidenov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Aimar Aimar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Georgi Naidenov. ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aimar Aimar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Aimar Aimar blasted a shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Georgi Naidenov having to make a save. Georgi Naidenov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aimar Aimar, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Aimar Aimar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 36th minute Aimar Aimar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Georgi Naidenov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aimar Aimar in the 38th minute of play forced ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's goalkeeper Georgi Naidenov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Ique Football Club's João Francisco Leme got control of the ball when Evgeni Kalkandzhiev tried to sneak it across the goal line. Aimar Aimar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Georgi Naidenov having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Steven Gerard stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Ique Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Moisés Arruda. João Francisco Leme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Steven Gerard in the 55th minute of play. 59 minutes into the game, Moisés Arruda recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Georgi Naidenov. Moisés Arruda showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. Ique Football Club's Roberto Souza was substituted for Hélder Bueno. 67 minutes into the game, Ganyo Idakiev threw the ball into play from the sideline. Ique Football Club's Ulysses Pinheiro quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Moisés Arruda's late challenge caught a ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Moisés Arruda helped the player get up and apologised. Moisés Arruda kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. If Steven Gerard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 79 minutes, Aimar Aimar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ique Football Club and the ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 79th match minute, Ique Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aimar Aimar to maneuver through the defense. Ique Football Club's João Francisco Leme played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toni Kochmarov in the 81st minute of play. 81 minutes into the match, Ique Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Toni Kochmarov came free, but João Francisco Leme reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Georgi Naidenov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг from getting a goal against them. Georgi Naidenov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aimar Aimar, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. When Ganyo Idakiev fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's protests and gave Ganyo Idakiev a yellow card for diving instead. In the 96thth minute of the game Aimar Aimar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Georgi Naidenov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Ique Football Club players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.