U23 World League

Estadio Luzuriaga
Spectators: 7567 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vladko Pipkov kicked off to start the match. Evrosi Popsavov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reynaldo Bartoli in the 4th minute of the match. A collision led to ATE AFC getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Sebastian Abreu hit a great ball. In the 12th minute, Sebastian Abreu fired away a sharp free kick straight at the goal. It looked like it might be really tough for the goalie to handle, but the shot went into the stands to the left of Evrosi Popsavov. After a rather tough play, Manchester United F.C.'s Yanek Bakov got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 16th minute, Gediminas Donskis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Victorio Quico was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 20th minute Gediminas Donskis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victorio Quico saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of ATE AFC booed when Manchester United F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Huben Madolev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Victorio Quico made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gediminas Donskis in the 33rd minute of play. With a little luck, Manchester United F.C.'s Evrosi Popsavov got control of the ball when Eusebio Mano tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 38th match minute, ATE AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cecilio Salomone to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gediminas Donskis in the 44th minute of play forced ATE AFC's goalkeeper Victorio Quico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, ATE AFC's Reynaldo Bartoli got a free kick in the 44th minute. In the 45th minute Gediminas Donskis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victorio Quico saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Manchester United F.C. were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sebastian Abreu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Evrosi Popsavov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Abreu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In a very dangerous position, a player in ATE AFC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 53rd minute. Penalty! Victorio Quico had in the 56thth minute some difficulties stopping Evrosi Troshanov's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After some careless play in the ATE AFC defense, Evrosi Troshanov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Victorio Quico. The ATE AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Victorio Quico should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricky Dacio in the 59th minute of play forced Manchester United F.C.'s goalkeeper Evrosi Popsavov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Evrosi Popsavov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ricky Dacio in the 62nd minute of play. In the 66th minute Zinédine Zidan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victorio Quico saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tobias Wijgaert received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Evrosi Popsavov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ATE AFC's Victorio Quico played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anani Barutchiyski in the 76th minute of play. If Danilo Isusko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Evrosi Popsavov came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by ATE AFC's Ricky Dacio. But to his dismay, Ricky Dacio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Ricky Dacio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evrosi Popsavov having to interfere. Victorio Quico showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anani Barutchiyski, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Gediminas Donskis who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 89thth minute tested the skills of Victorio Quico when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 95th minute, Danilo Isusko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 97 played minutes ATE AFC got a freekick which was hit by Tobias Wijgaert. In the 97th minute of the match Evrosi Troshanov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Victorio Quico showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 99th minute Vladko Pipkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victorio Quico saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Manchester United F.C.'s supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.