U18 World League

The Twelfth Raven
Spectators: 7683 (Terracing: 5763, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) Elias De Koster made the kick off and thus started the match. Twelve Ravens's Jules Bernardts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nencho Hikov in the 3rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tinko Kalyonski in the 5th minute of play forced Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Jules Bernardts to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jules Bernardts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zhecho Duhlev, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. When Jeremy Godts fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Twelve Ravens's protests and gave Jeremy Godts a yellow card for diving instead. In the 8th minute, Zhecho Duhlev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. A collision led to Twelve Ravens getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Luke Van den Inde hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nencho Hikov in the 14th minute of play forced Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Jules Bernardts to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Twelve Ravens's Jules Bernardts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nencho Hikov in the 16th minute of play. In the 17th minute Tinko Kalyonski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jules Bernardts saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Elias De Koster in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sasho Beslimov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 19th minute, Nencho Hikov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Danail Saykov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 24 minutes into the match, Zhecho Duhlev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jules Bernardts. Twelve Ravens's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zhecho Duhlev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 27th minute Nencho Hikov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jules Bernardts saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nencho Hikov got his second yellow card in the match during the 29th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A collision led to ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Nencho Hikov hit a great ball. Twelve Ravens's Jules Bernardts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kalin Boynov in the 31st minute of play. ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tinko Kalyonski in the 32nd minute. The corner led ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Tinko Kalyonski to fire away a dangerous shot which Jules Bernardts despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Danail Saykov hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Twelve Ravens's Jules Bernardts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhecho Duhlev in the 37th minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Twelve Ravens's goal looked a bit too open when Arso Deshov came free, but Jules Bernardts reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jules Bernardts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zhecho Duhlev, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Jules Bernardts took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zhecho Duhlev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jules Bernardts took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zhecho Duhlev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Zhecho Duhlev managed to get in a good position for a shot. ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's supporters rose to their feet, but Zhecho Duhlev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jules Bernardts breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zhecho Duhlev to strike the kick off in the second half. Jules Bernardts didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Zhecho Duhlev shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zhecho Duhlev in the 71st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jules Bernardts prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 73 minutes, Temelko Tiholov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг and the Twelve Ravens players grew even worse after the yellow card. Temelko Tiholov kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. In the 77th minute, Zhecho Duhlev fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. The crowd rose to their feet as Zhecho Duhlev kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jules Bernardts. That made the score 0-4 in the 82 minute of play. Jules Bernardts was out of position in the 86 minute of play, and Zhecho Duhlev capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Zhecho Duhlev really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. In the 91st minute of the match, Zhecho Duhlev tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jules Bernardts saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The Twelve Ravens fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг were clearly better and deserved to take the win.