U18 World League

-Montana Arena-
Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vangel Dorovski got the match started through his kick off. Necaettin Bakkalbaşı fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Simo Tuliyski having to interfere. Rumen Rubiev took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gazi Gencer. Gazi Gencer dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 9th match minute, FC Montana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Atakan Cebir to maneuver through the defense. When Ganyo Handzhiyski fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cup2's protests and gave Ganyo Handzhiyski a yellow card for diving instead. In the 14th minute, Ganyo Handzhiyski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Montana's Anıl Arda Zeren was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 15th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. 20 minutes into the match, FC Montana's goal looked a bit too open when Rafail Kamberov came free, but Gazi Gencer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gazi Gencer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafail Kamberov, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 30 minutes into the match, Dobrin Zhirov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gazi Gencer. FC Montana's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dobrin Zhirov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Gazi Gencer came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Cup2's Rafail Kamberov. But to his dismay, Rafail Kamberov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. In the 42nd minute of the match Fazlı Uğursoy shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Simo Tuliyski showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 47th minute, Vangel Dorovski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cup2 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-5.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anıl Arda Zeren stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Simo Tuliyski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anıl Arda Zeren in the 59th minute of play. Dobrin Zhirov charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dobrin Zhirov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Dobrin Zhirov hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anıl Arda Zeren in the 63rd minute of play forced Cup2's goalkeeper Simo Tuliyski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cup2's Simo Tuliyski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Necaettin Bakkalbaşı in the 69th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Cup2's Rafail Kamberov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gazi Gencer. That made the score 1-7 after 74 minutes of play. In the 81st minute, Ikonom Stepanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 82nd minute of the match Fazlı Uğursoy sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Simo Tuliyski skillfully saved the ball. 88 minutes into the match, FC Montana's goal looked a bit too open when Spiro Vergov came free, but Gazi Gencer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th match minute, FC Montana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aytuğ Kornes to maneuver through the defense. Cup2 made a substitution. Vladimir Shushkov replaced Rafail Kamberov. 91 minutes into the match, FC Montana's goalkeeper Gazi Gencer had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rumen Rubiev. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bocho Maystorov in the 92nd minute of play forced FC Montana's goalkeeper Gazi Gencer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rumen Rubiev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Gazi Gencer made a huge save. In the 97th minute, Cup2's Bocho Maystorov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-8. Cup2 played a much better game than FC Montana and deserved their victory. The FC Montana players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.