U18 World League

Георги Бенковски
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Бенковски Тетевен's Yanek Baldev started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Itajaí Football Club getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Juarês Gerber hit a great ball. After 5 played minutes Бенковски Тетевен got a freekick which was hit by Martin Demirov. Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anselmo Madureira, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Emiliyan Nochev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 15th minute, Nikola Batov reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Flávio Batista. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 18th minute, Anselmo Madureira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benê Lima in the 20th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute Nikola Batov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flávio Batista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 26 played minutes Бенковски Тетевен got a freekick which was hit by Nikola Batov. After some careless play in the Бенковски Тетевен defense, Anselmo Madureira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski. The Бенковски Тетевен fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski should have stopped the shot. Flávio Batista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emiliyan Nochev, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Itajaí Football Club's Flávio Batista proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Itajaí Football Club from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Бенковски Тетевен's Paun Kúnov got a free kick in the 42nd minute. The Бенковски Тетевен players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Itajaí Football Club were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anselmo Madureira to make the kick off. 50 minutes into the game, Túlio Jacinto was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Itajaí Football Club's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Бенковски Тетевен the free kick. In the 50th minute, Túlio Jacinto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anselmo Madureira in the 52nd minute of the match. 55 minutes into the match, Emiliyan Nochev notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Itajaí Football Club's Flávio Batista. Flávio Batista was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emiliyan Nochev in the 60th minute of play forced Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Flávio Batista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flávio Batista didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nikola Batov went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Бенковски Тетевен's Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by William Arósio in the 68th minute of play. Marco Bezerra kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the game, Бенковски Тетевен's Milyo Glushkov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Flávio Batista made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-2. Flávio Batista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milyo Glushkov in the 89th minute of the match. In the 90th minute, Yanek Baldev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice moves Benê Lima could shoot a difficult shot in the 92nd minute, which Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski however easily saved by the left post. Flávio Batista took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yanek Baldev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Itajaí Football Club getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Marco Bezerra hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Бенковски Тетевен had won after a very even match.