U23 World League

Keleler
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) After 2 minutes, Douglas Gerber mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Curiphila Eagles and the VN Keleler players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of VN Keleler booed when Curiphila Eagles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Douglas Gerber didn't get a good kick on the ball. Curiphila Eagles's Murilo Paiva proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Curiphila Eagles from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Nikola Kotkov took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Murilo Paiva to make any attempt to save it. Murilo Paiva acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 17th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Miro Vladikov. Curiphila Eagles's Murilo Paiva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ognyan Labov in the 19th minute of play. A collision led to VN Keleler getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Svetlin Pazvantov hit a great ball. VN Keleler's Lilcho Arsov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Douglas Gerber in the 22nd minute of play. Lilcho Arsov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Douglas Gerber, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Lilcho Arsov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Douglas Gerber, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Douglas Gerber might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lilcho Arsov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Douglas Gerber ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 28th minute Douglas Gerber shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lilcho Arsov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Murilo Paiva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ognyan Labov in the 30th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 31 minutes, Murilo Paiva successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 33rd minute Douglas Gerber shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lilcho Arsov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Douglas Gerber sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Murilo Paiva made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Dragnev in the 36th minute. Lilcho Arsov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Douglas Gerber, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nelsinho Bastos might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lilcho Arsov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nelsinho Bastos ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 39th minute Nelsinho Bastos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lilcho Arsov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miro Vladikov's late challenge caught a Curiphila Eagles's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miro Vladikov helped the player get up and apologised. Curiphila Eagles's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Nico Cunha in the 43rd minute. In the 44th minute, Nikola Kotkov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VN Keleler fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. If Nikola Kotkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Serafim Búrzakov to make the kick off. After 53 played minutes VN Keleler got a freekick which was hit by Serafim Búrzakov. 54 minutes into the match, Nikola Kotkov notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Curiphila Eagles's Murilo Paiva. Murilo Paiva was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lilcho Arsov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nelsinho Bastos in the 58th minute of the match. In the 62nd match minute, VN Keleler was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ognyan Labov to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ognyan Labov in the 64th minute of play forced Curiphila Eagles's goalkeeper Murilo Paiva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lilcho Arsov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nelsinho Bastos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Breno Simões hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Nico Cunha kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Murilo Paiva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikola Kotkov in the 78th minute of the match. Murilo Paiva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Serafim Búrzakov in the 80th minute of the match. Curiphila Eagles's Murilo Paiva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Dragnev in the 81st minute of play. Murilo Paiva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikola Kotkov in the 83rd minute of play. After 87 minutes of play, VN Keleler's Nikola Kotkov made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Murilo Paiva was left in no man's land by his defense there! Curiphila Eagles's Murilo Paiva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Serafim Búrzakov in the 93rd minute of play.