U23 World League

La Candela
Spectators: 7658 (Terracing: 5745, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) John Crabtree started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 7 minutes into the match, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's goalkeeper Georgi Naidenov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Graham Kearney. Graig Davenport made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evgeni Kalkandzhiev in the 18th minute of play. Carson McCann received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Georgi Naidenov came out and tried to block the shot, but Carson McCann slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 20th minute. When ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Kuzman Tzankov in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tango en Miami FC's goalie prevented a goal. After taking down the ball on ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's corner Karamfil Tutev fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Graig Davenport quite easily take care of the ball. In the 26th minute, Steven Gerard made a precise shot to the right of Graig Davenport. Tango en Miami FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Karamfil Tutev charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Karamfil Tutev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The audience was convinced that Evgeni Kalkandzhiev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Graig Davenport was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. When Evgeni Kalkandzhiev fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's protests and gave Evgeni Kalkandzhiev a yellow card for diving instead. Evgeni Kalkandzhiev hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Alberto Norman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 47 minutes Tango en Miami FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Karamfil Tutev who took care of the corner kick. The corner led ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Karamfil Tutev to fire away a dangerous shot which Graig Davenport despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Steven Gerard made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Steven Gerard left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. With an all-out effort, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Graig Davenport threw himself towards the right post 56 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kuzman Tzankov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Carson McCann hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. In the 59th minute of the match Karamfil Tutev shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Graig Davenport showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Tango en Miami FC's Graig Davenport played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kuzman Tzankov in the 63rd minute of play. In the 64th minute Kuzman Tzankov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Graig Davenport saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 64th minute, Graham Kearney hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 66 played minutes ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг got a freekick which was hit by Evgeni Kalkandzhiev. When Steven Gerard fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's protests and gave Steven Gerard a yellow card for diving instead. 72 minutes into the match, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Norman came free, but Georgi Naidenov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Graig Davenport made an important save on a dangerous shot by Toni Kochmarov in the 73rd minute. When ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Evgeni Kalkandzhiev, in the 75th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kuzman Tzankov in the 77th minute of play forced Tango en Miami FC's goalkeeper Graig Davenport to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 78 played minutes ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг got a freekick which was hit by Toni Kochmarov. Karamfil Tutev hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Toni Kochmarov got free with Graig Davenport in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 93 played minutes Tango en Miami FC got a freekick which was hit by Alberto Norman. After 96 played minutes, Tango en Miami FC's Jack Shaw shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Georgi Naidenov came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Tango en Miami FC reached it.