U18 World League

New Anfield
Spectators: 7577 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Adrian Nordlund kicked off to start the match. IFK Tallkotte's Patrik Karlberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentin Gyudurov in the 4th minute of play. After 7 played minutes Laziali got a freekick which was hit by Milen Kaydzhiev. IFK Tallkotte's Michael Hydén couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 8th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Laziali. 12 minutes into the match, IFK Tallkotte's goal looked a bit too open when Valentin Gyudurov came free, but Patrik Karlberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the IFK Tallkotte defense, Argir Fikov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Patrik Karlberg. The IFK Tallkotte fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Patrik Karlberg should have stopped the shot. 17 minutes into the game, Laziali's Yulian Dzhumaliev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Patrik Karlberg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After 21 minutes of play, Laziali's Valentin Gyudurov made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patrik Karlberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! Adrian Nordlund succeeded in the game's 26th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-3. In the 38th minute, Radomir Gazenov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Adrian Nordlund came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the IFK Tallkotte 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 Adrian Nordlund couldn't finish the play. Laziali's Svetlin Traychev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ralf Wennerqvist in the 46th minute of play. Vitko Kopev kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Argir Fikov made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Argir Fikov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patrik Karlberg was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. Svetlin Traychev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ralf Wennerqvist went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Argir Fikovs short, quick shot in the 67thth minute got Patrik Karlberg to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Laziali's Svetlin Traychev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johan Arvidsson in the 69th minute of play. Svetlin Traychev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adrian Nordlund went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. Argir Fikov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Argir Fikov got free with Patrik Karlberg in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Yulian Dzhumaliev in the 84th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Patrik Karlberg prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 96 minutes into the match, Yulian Dzhumaliev notched a goal, 3-4, to the right of IFK Tallkotte's Patrik Karlberg. Patrik Karlberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Laziali's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.