U18 World League

JET-Arena
Spectators: 7705 (Terracing: 5780, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Pantaley Bekyarov kicked off to start the match. Pedro Rufo charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pedro Rufo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Pedro Rufo hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. 22 minutes into the game, Pantaley Bekyarov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. JET-M's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sportivo Fernet Branca the free kick. A collision led to JET-M getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Pantaley Bekyarov hit a great ball. 23 minutes into the match, Sixto Xabier notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of JET-M's Antonio Kashukeev. Antonio Kashukeev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 28 minutes into the match, Sportivo Fernet Branca's goalkeeper Paolo Eduino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pantaley Bekyarov. 29 minutes into the game, JET-M's Vitan Chohadzhiev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Paolo Eduino made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Sixto Xabier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Antonio Kashukeev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Svetoslav Balachev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 37th minute, Svetoslav Balachev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 38th minute of the match Pedro Rufo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Antonio Kashukeev showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 41 minutes into the match, Artemio Salomon notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of JET-M's Antonio Kashukeev. Antonio Kashukeev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Sixto Xabier managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sportivo Fernet Branca's supporters rose to their feet, but Sixto Xabier was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Antonio Kashukeev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sixto Xabier to make the kick off. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sportivo Fernet Branca's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Grisha Radin was slow to take the kick. During this time JET-M's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Grisha Radin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Paolo Eduino quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to Sportivo Fernet Branca getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Rigoberto Ugaitz hit a great ball. After 61 played minutes, JET-M's Grisha Radin shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Paolo Eduino 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 JET-M reached it. The supporters of JET-M booed when Sportivo Fernet Branca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabio Hanni didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Sportivo Fernet Branca's zone, Pantaley Bekyarov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Paolo Eduino came out of the goal and Pantaley Bekyarov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 67th minute, Dante Millan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sportivo Fernet Branca fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. JET-M made a substitution. Sava Dzhambov replaced Svetoslav Balachev. JET-M's Orlin Dafov was substituted for Haralampi Keremidchiyski. Paolo Eduino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vitan Chohadzhiev, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Antonio Kashukeev made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Alfredo Mazuste sent off a good shot on target. In the 91stth minute of the game Pantaley Bekyarov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sportivo Fernet Branca's Paolo Eduino was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 93 minutes, Sava Dzhambov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the JET-M and the Sportivo Fernet Branca players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to JET-M getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Sava Dzhambov hit a great ball. When the match was over Sportivo Fernet Branca could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than JET-M throughout the match.