U18 World League

H.V.D. Arena
Spectators: 8477 (Terracing: 6359, Seating: 1949, VIP seats: 169) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zé Pedro Dionísio made the kick off which started today's match. Vencho Gazibarov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Caetano Bueno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Moura hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Tihomir Zhabinski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dagoberto de Queirós. That made the score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. In the 12th minute, Каблешково's Tihomir Zhabinski dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. The supporters of Castanheiro SC booed when Каблешково was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleko Milanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 27 minutes, Evlogi Boevski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Каблешково and the Castanheiro SC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 29th match minute, Castanheiro SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Caetano Bueno to maneuver through the defense. 32 minutes into the game, Caetano Bueno was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Castanheiro SC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Каблешково the free kick. In the 35th minute Tihomir Zhabinski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dagoberto de Queirós saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Evlogi Boevski got his second yellow card in the match during the 42nd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. The supporters of Castanheiro SC booed when Каблешково was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evlogi Boevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 44th minute of the match Sebastião Paulista shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vencho Gazibarov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 47 minutes Castanheiro SC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mircho Chakalov who took care of the corner kick.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mircho Chakalov was the one to do the kick off. Tihomir Zhabinski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Dagoberto de Queirós tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Castanheiro SC's Caetano Bueno got a free kick in the 55th minute. Dagoberto de Queirós didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aleko Milanov went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mircho Chakalov in the 62nd minute of play forced Castanheiro SC's goalkeeper Dagoberto de Queirós to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Castanheiro SC's Dagoberto de Queirós played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mircho Chakalov in the 64th minute of play. Sandrinho Godoi hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Nedyalko Yanachkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tihomir Zhabinski in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dagoberto de Queirós prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 70thth minute of the game Tihomir Zhabinski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Castanheiro SC's Dagoberto de Queirós was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tihomir Zhabinski took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dagoberto de Queirós. Dagoberto de Queirós dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2. Zé Pedro Dionísio's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Vencho Gazibarov firmly grabbed it by the left post. Dagoberto de Queirós came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Каблешково's Mircho Chakalov. But to his dismay, Mircho Chakalov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. Tzanko Vrabchev's late challenge caught a Castanheiro SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tzanko Vrabchev helped the player get up and apologised. Tzanko Vrabchev hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Vencho Gazibarov acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 95th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Sebastião Paulista. There was no doubt that Каблешково were the better team. Каблешково's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.