U21 World League

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Spectators: 7740 (Terracing: 5806, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) Válbson Carvalho made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute Kuncho Gergov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dida Brasil saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dida Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gercho Nenchovski in the 4th minute of the match. Rostislav Sitarski took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dida Brasil. Dida Brasil 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. Dida Brasil took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gercho Nenchovski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th match minute, VN SOKOLI-VARNA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rostislav Sitarski to maneuver through the defense. Rostislav Sitarski took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dida Brasil. Dida Brasil dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. 18 minutes into the match, PREZULO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vihren Bozhanov came free, but Dida Brasil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Argir Ilchev got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Matheus de Souza kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. After 31 played minutes, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Kuncho Gergov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Dida Brasil 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 VN SOKOLI-VARNA reached it. In the 32nd minute, Vihren Bozhanov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 34 minutes into the game, Rostislav Sitarski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Dida Brasil was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dida Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vihren Bozhanov in the 39th minute of the match. In the 40th minute, Dito Eger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 42nd minute Rostislav Sitarski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dida Brasil saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 44 minutes, Vihren Bozhanov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vihren Bozhanov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dida Brasil didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Rostislav Sitarski shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. After the first half VN SOKOLI-VARNA were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rostislav Sitarski made a kick off. After a rather tough play, PREZULO FC's Dito Eger got a free kick in the 61st minute. 62 minutes into the match, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Rostislav Sitarski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dida Brasil narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 68 played minutes VN SOKOLI-VARNA got a freekick which was hit by Andon Traychev. If Kuncho Gergov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matheus de Souza in the 79th minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Haralampi Kúrkelanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dida Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gercho Nenchovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. A collision led to VN SOKOLI-VARNA getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Argir Ilchev hit a great ball. In the 83rd minute of the match Rodolfo Madureira shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Kuncho Gergov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Dida Brasil made a huge save. Argir Ilchev was shown his second yellow card after 90 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. PREZULO FC's Valdir Brito was substituted for Rodolfo Madureira. In the 92nd minute, Argir Ilchev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The PREZULO FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching VN SOKOLI-VARNA's performance. The match ended with a win for VN SOKOLI-VARNA.