U18 World League

CIUDADELA
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Wilfredo Iliana hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Yavor Zehirov didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when San Martin de Tucumán's Orlando Sanduru shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. San Martin de Tucumán's Gaspar Rosario pulled a muscle in his back after 17 minutes and couldn't finish the game. When Darin Ermenkov fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Botev Plovdiv 1912's protests and gave Darin Ermenkov a yellow card for diving instead. Botev Plovdiv 1912's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vencho Ushkolov in the 23rd minute. Botev Plovdiv 1912's Vencho Ushkolov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Feliciano Chorche in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Yavor Zehirov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orlando Sanduru, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. After 32 minutes of play, San Martin de Tucumán's Teodosio Palban made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yavor Zehirov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Teodosio Palban received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Yavor Zehirov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind Botev Plovdiv 1912's goalkeeper Yavor Zehirov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Antonio Gumaro's late challenge caught a Botev Plovdiv 1912's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antonio Gumaro helped the player get up and apologised. After 48 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for San Martin de Tucumán! The referee gave Botev Plovdiv 1912 a penalty, 50 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Vencho Ushkolov, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of San Martin de Tucumán's Feliciano Chorche. 2-2.

Orlando Sanduru sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Orlando Sanduru, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 63 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Yavor Zehirov was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. After 70th play minutes Valko Mitin shot 2-3, a short shot which went by Feliciano Chorche and just under the crossbar into goal. Teodosio Palban hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Emanuil Gurkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 82nd match minute, San Martin de Tucumán was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teodosio Palban to maneuver through the defense. In the 84th minute, Vencho Ushkolov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Orlando Sanduru came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the San Martin de Tucumán 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 Orlando Sanduru couldn't finish the play. After 94 played minutes Botev Plovdiv 1912 got a freekick which was hit by Bratan Vladikov. After 98 minutes, Vencho Ushkolov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Botev Plovdiv 1912 and the San Martin de Tucumán players grew even worse after the yellow card. Vencho Ushkolov kicked well hit freekick during the 99th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, San Martin de Tucumán's Dalmacio Maiorga got a free kick in the 100th minute. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.