World League

JET-Arena
Spectators: 7537 (Terracing: 5654, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Matias Gelmiro took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 2nd minute, Tião Penha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Boyan Stumbov was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Tião Penha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boyan Stumbov having to interfere. Herminio Gizon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yoakim Nakov, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. In the 11th minute, Matias Gelmiro made a precise shot to the right of Boyan Stumbov. JET-M's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Yoakim Nakov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Herminio Gizon came out and tried to block the shot, but Yoakim Nakov slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 19th minute. Herminio Gizon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yoakim Nakov, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. A collision led to JET-M getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Evlogi Dzhoganov hit a great ball. Stanko Selimović made a great header on ALIDIM FOR EVER's corner, it was just that JET-M's Boyan Stumbov managed to reach the ball for a save. ALIDIM FOR EVER's defense didn't have a chance, in the 33rd minute, when Krastyo Radomirski scored to the left of an out of position Herminio Gizon, making the score, 3-2. Pencho Nyagulov hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matias Gelmiro in the 37th minute of play forced JET-M's goalkeeper Boyan Stumbov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, ALIDIM FOR EVER's Matias Gelmiro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Boyan Stumbov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Matias Gelmiro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Boyan Stumbov was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 52nd minute of the match ALIDIM FOR EVER got a corner. JET-M's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Stanko Selimović ran over to the corner to take the kick. Boyan Stumbov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaueko Nanclares in the 53rd minute of play. JET-M's Boyan Stumbov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gaueko Nanclares in the 54th minute of play. 59 minutes into the game, ALIDIM FOR EVER's Gaueko Nanclares nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Boyan Stumbov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-3. Thanks to some nice moves Tião Penha could shoot a difficult shot in the 63rd minute, which Boyan Stumbov however easily saved by the left post. Boyan Stumbov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gaueko Nanclares in the 67th minute of the match. After 67 played minutes Gaueko Nanclares rounded JET-M's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-4. JET-M made a substitution. Borimir Rasolkov replaced Pencho Nyagulov. ALIDIM FOR EVER's Jairo Selatse was substituted for Gaueko Nanclares. The corner led ALIDIM FOR EVER's Stanko Selimović to fire away a dangerous shot which Boyan Stumbov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Herminio Gizon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yoakim Nakov in the 78th minute of play. Tião Penha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Boyan Stumbov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 81st minute, JET-M's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Jairo Selatse fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 83 minutes into the match, ALIDIM FOR EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Krastyo Radomirski came free, but Herminio Gizon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85th minute Evlogi Dzhoganov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herminio Gizon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Krastyo Radomirski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 88 minutes into the match, ALIDIM FOR EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Yoakim Nakov came free, but Herminio Gizon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The ALIDIM FOR EVER supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ALIDIM FOR EVER would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.