U18 World League

Arena Floresta
Spectators: 7723 (Terracing: 5793, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Diogo Cordeiro got the match started through his kick off. Krasimir Gradishki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cafu Tinoco, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. 12 minutes into the game, Sevdalin Palatov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Felippe Vianna was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the match clock showed 15 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Geovânio Albuquerque sped through Pryaporets's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Krasimir Gradishki. After a defensive mix-up in Pryaporets's zone, Wilson Lopes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Krasimir Gradishki came out of the goal and Wilson Lopes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 21 played minutes Diogo Cordeiro rounded Pryaporets's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-1. Sevdalin Palatov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Galabin Popyordanov kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cafu Tinoco in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Krasimir Gradishki prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Krasimir Gradishki was a little too slow when Diogo Cordeiro got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 34th minute. The score was now 3-1. After 36 played minutes Pryaporets got a freekick which was hit by Zhelyo Tzingilev. In the 39th minute, Diogo Cordeiro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Krasimir Gradishki was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Pryaporets's Krasimir Gradishki proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Pryaporets from getting a goal against them. Cafu Tinoco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 46 played minutes Pryaporets got a freekick which was hit by Ikonom Gopov. Floresta Club U18's Diogo Cordeiro shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 47th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Krasimir Gradishki but with some difficulty. Ikonom Gopov hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Pryaporets's Nikola Chavorski was substituted for Ikonom Gopov. After 49 played minutes Pryaporets got a freekick which was hit by Ikonom Gopov. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Zhelyo Tzingilev made the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute, Diogo Cordeiro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Floresta Club U18 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. After 59 minutes of play, Floresta Club U18's Geovânio Albuquerque made it 6-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Krasimir Gradishki was left in no man's land by his defense there! Wilson Lopes scored 7-1 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Krasimir Gradishki, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Pryaporets's Krasimir Gradishki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geovânio Albuquerque in the 69th minute of play. When Cafu Tinoco came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Floresta Club U18 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cafu Tinoco couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Pryaporets's Boyan Yonov got a free kick in the 78th minute. Pryaporets's Krasimir Gradishki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diogo Cordeiro in the 82nd minute of play. Sevdalin Palatov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. There was no doubt that Floresta Club U18 were the better team. Floresta Club U18's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.