U18 World League

BE COOL PALACE
Spectators: 7450 (Terracing: 5589, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marios Kassianidis got the match started through his kick off. In the 7th minute, Yuri Velkov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Giorgos Konstantellos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Zahari Bratoev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Giorgos Konstantellos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 14 minutes of play, Вежен's Zahari Bratoev made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Giorgos Konstantellos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Giorgos Konstantellos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zahari Bratoev in the 18th minute of play. Giorgos Konstantellos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zahari Bratoev, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Вежен's Yuri Velkov got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zahari Bratoev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giorgos Konstantellos having to interfere. Milan Harabaliev's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Giorgos Konstantellos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. In the 32nd minute, Zahari Bratoev made a precise shot to the right of Giorgos Konstantellos. BE COOL's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Yuri Velkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 36 minutes, Chrisostomos Papachronis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BE COOL and the Вежен players grew even worse after the yellow card. Sava Vatrachki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marios Kassianidis got free with Mito Smilevski in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zahari Bratoev made a kick off. Mito Smilevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giotis Kidoniatis in the 54th minute of play. Zahari Bratoev scored 0-6 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Giorgos Konstantellos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ntinos Kaltsidis charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ntinos Kaltsidis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, BE COOL's Ntinos Kaltsidis got a free kick in the 58th minute. After 59 played minutes, Вежен's Anko Katincharov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Giorgos Konstantellos came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Вежен reached it. After 64 played minutes Вежен got a freekick which was hit by Sava Vatrachki. A collision led to Вежен getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Zahari Bratoev hit a great ball. Sava Vatrachki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, BE COOL's Giorgos Konstantellos got control of the ball when Zahari Bratoev tried to sneak it across the goal line. BE COOL's Giorgos Konstantellos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zahari Bratoev in the 76th minute of play. Вежен were furious when Tervel Tzandev was red carded, 78 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 77th minute of the game. One of Вежен:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of BE COOL:s goal. Giorgos Konstantellos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Milan Harabaliev, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. 87 minutes into the match, BE COOL's goal looked a bit too open when Milan Harabaliev came free, but Giorgos Konstantellos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Вежен's zone, Marios Kassianidis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mito Smilevski came out of the goal and Marios Kassianidis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Zahari Bratoev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giorgos Konstantellos having to interfere. Milan Harabaliev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Giorgos Konstantellos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to BE COOL getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Chrisostomos Papachronis hit a great ball. When Lazaros Karkabasis fell near the penalty area in the 99th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored BE COOL's protests and gave Lazaros Karkabasis a yellow card for diving instead. In the 99th minute, Lazaros Karkabasis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the final whistle sounded Вежен left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than BE COOL.