U18 World League

SLOVAKIA Stadium
Spectators: 7703 (Terracing: 5779, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Yanek Baldev started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Simeon Chichev fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Бенковски Тетевен's protests and gave Simeon Chichev a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of V.K.DRINK Hermanovce booed when Бенковски Тетевен was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Simeon Chichev didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's Ondrej Hnilica got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 11th minute Milyo Glushkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jozef Sivčo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albert Švehla in the 14th minute of play forced Бенковски Тетевен's goalkeeper Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomáš Šťastný was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 18 minutes into the match. The referee gave Бенковски Тетевен a penalty, 20 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Stoyne Stoyanov, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's Jozef Sivčo. 0-1. Ondrej Hnilica kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Yanek Baldev scored 0-2 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jozef Sivčo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 29th minute, Mavrudi Tunev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Бенковски Тетевен fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mavrudi Tunev in the 34th minute of play forced V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's goalkeeper Jozef Sivčo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 35 played minutes Бенковски Тетевен got a freekick which was hit by Martin Demirov. 38 minutes into the match, Mavrudi Tunev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jozef Sivčo. V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mavrudi Tunev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. When Štefan Martin fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's protests and gave Štefan Martin a yellow card for diving instead. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's Jozef Sivčo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paun Kúnov in the 52nd minute of play. Jozef Sivčo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paun Kúnov, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Mavrudi Tunev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Jozef Sivčo made a huge save. 67 minutes into the match, V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's goalkeeper Jozef Sivčo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yanek Baldev. Emil Dani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Milyo Glushkov scored 0-5 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jozef Sivčo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 83 minutes into the match, V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's goal looked a bit too open when Milyo Glushkov came free, but Jozef Sivčo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albert Švehla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The V.K.DRINK Hermanovce fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Бенковски Тетевен were clearly better and deserved to take the win.