U18 World League

Миньор
Spectators: 7655 (Terracing: 5743, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lulcho Geshanov made the kick off which started today's match. Santo Tohias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lulcho Geshanov in the 7th minute. Hilario Sustrai's late challenge caught a ПФК Миньор Раднево's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hilario Sustrai helped the player get up and apologised. Marko Dzhangozov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Niki Betov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruben Estebano in the 16th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the game, Desiderio Servando was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Profecías de Parravicini's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ПФК Миньор Раднево the free kick. In the 21st minute, Desiderio Servando hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lulcho Geshanov in the 25th minute of play forced Profecías de Parravicini's goalkeeper Santo Tohias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Profecías de Parravicini's zone, Velislav Stanoychev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Santo Tohias came out of the goal and Velislav Stanoychev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marko Dzhangozov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to ПФК Миньор Раднево getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Grozdan Podvurzachev hit a great ball. Ruben Estebano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Niki Betov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tzanko Bogatev who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 36thth minute tested the skills of Santo Tohias when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Santo Tohias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lulcho Geshanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Santo Tohias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marko Dzhangozov in the 44th minute of the match. Profecías de Parravicini's Santo Tohias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Profecías de Parravicini from getting a goal against them. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Desiderio Servando to make the kick off. A collision led to ПФК Миньор Раднево getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Velislav Stanoychev hit a great ball. Lulcho Geshanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santo Tohias having to interfere. Lulcho Geshanov might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Santo Tohias. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lulcho Geshanov ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lulcho Geshanov in the 73rd minute of play forced Profecías de Parravicini's goalkeeper Santo Tohias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 74 minutes of play, ПФК Миньор Раднево's Preslav Anzov made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Santo Tohias was left in no man's land by his defense there! 78 minutes into the game, Enrique Gumaro was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Profecías de Parravicini's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ПФК Миньор Раднево the free kick. The supporters of ПФК Миньор Раднево booed when Profecías de Parravicini was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enrique Gumaro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 79th minute of the match Gruyo Boevski sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Santo Tohias skillfully saved the ball. After 80 played minutes Profecías de Parravicini got a freekick which was hit by Enrique Gumaro. After a defensive mix-up in Profecías de Parravicini's zone, Velislav Stanoychev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Santo Tohias came out of the goal and Velislav Stanoychev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Tzanko Bogatev came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the ПФК Миньор Раднево 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 Tzanko Bogatev couldn't finish the play. If Tzanko Bogatev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tzanko Bogatev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Santo Tohias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marko Dzhangozov took the ball and in the 90 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Santo Tohias. Santo Tohias dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. 95 minutes into the match, Profecías de Parravicini's goal looked a bit too open when Lulcho Geshanov came free, but Santo Tohias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Santo Tohias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marko Dzhangozov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee ended the match the ПФК Миньор Раднево players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.