U18 World League

Valhalla
Spectators: 7695 (Terracing: 5772, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) Cup2's Delcho Sardarev 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. After 2 minutes, Dobrin Zhirov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cup2 and the Vikingos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 2nd match minute, Cup2 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dobrin Zhirov to maneuver through the defense. Simo Tuliyski was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Anier Ubarna. The supporters of Cup2 booed when Vikingos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gilberto Salbatore didn't get a good kick on the ball. Desiderio Modestio kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. A collision led to Cup2 getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Ikonom Stepanov hit a great ball. Vikingos FC's Adolfo Cordarrell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antoan Tzalov in the 18th minute of play. Desiderio Modestio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Simo Tuliyski having to interfere. After some careless play in the Vikingos FC defense, Dobrin Zhirov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Adolfo Cordarrell. The Vikingos FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Adolfo Cordarrell should have stopped the shot. In the 29th minute, Vikingos FC's German Herensuge ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Simo Tuliyski. Simo Tuliyski yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Cup2's Simo Tuliyski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Cup2 from getting a goal against them.

The wind increased when Desiderio Modestio made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Desiderio Modestio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Simo Tuliyski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 53 minutes into the match, Vikingos FC's goalkeeper Adolfo Cordarrell had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rafail Kamberov. 55 minutes into the match, Vikingos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Delcho Sardarev came free, but Adolfo Cordarrell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th minute Desiderio Modestio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Simo Tuliyski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Simo Tuliyski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from German Herensuge, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Anselmo Telmo fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vikingos FC's protests and gave Anselmo Telmo a yellow card for diving instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rafail Kamberov got free with Adolfo Cordarrell in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Vikingos FC's Braulio Admon got a free kick in the 70th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Cup2's Trayan Zikolov tried to score from far away in the 71st minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dobrin Zhirov in the 74th minute of play forced Vikingos FC's goalkeeper Adolfo Cordarrell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Adolfo Cordarrell made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dobrin Zhirov in the 75th minute. Anier Ubarna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Simo Tuliyski came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Vikingos FC's German Herensuge. But to his dismay, German Herensuge quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. After 85 minutes of play, Vikingos FC's Desiderio Modestio made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Simo Tuliyski was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Anier Ubarna came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Vikingos FC 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 Anier Ubarna couldn't finish the play. Zlatko Tetevenski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Adolfo Cordarrell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ikonom Stepanov kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. Anier Ubarna took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 94th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Simo Tuliyski. Cup2's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The supporters of Vikingos FC booed when Cup2 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ikonom Stepanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Anier Ubarna managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vikingos FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Anier Ubarna was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Simo Tuliyski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Vikingos FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.