U21 World League

Nykvarn Arena
Spectators: 7756 (Terracing: 5819, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomasz Czajka made the kick off which started today's match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomasz Czajka got free with Ivo Faria in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Nykvarn booed when ПФК Миньор Раднево was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivan Kulekov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stig-Åke Gunnarsson'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. Stig-Åke Gunnarsson helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of ПФК Миньор Раднево booed when Nykvarn was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stig-Åke Gunnarsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pedro Souza's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Michel Kinell read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. Michel Kinell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivan Kulekov in the 13th minute of play. After 17 minutes of play, ПФК Миньор Раднево's Pedro Souza made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Michel Kinell was left in no man's land by his defense there! Harald Specht's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ivo Faria firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 21st match minute, Nykvarn was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rudolf Wiklund to maneuver through the defense. Velislav Stanoychev didn't quite understand what happened when in the 23 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Pedro Souza managed to get in a good position for a shot. ПФК Миньор Раднево's supporters rose to their feet, but Pedro Souza was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Michel Kinell breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 27 played minutes ПФК Миньор Раднево got a freekick which was hit by Yanek Krapchev. In the 33rd match minute, ПФК Миньор Раднево was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yanek Krapchev to maneuver through the defense. Michel Kinell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tzanko Bogatev in the 36th minute of play. Harald Specht received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ivo Faria came out and tried to block the shot, but Harald Specht slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 39th minute. The supporters of ПФК Миньор Раднево booed when Nykvarn was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bengt-Åke Asserlind didn't get a good kick on the ball. 45 minutes into the game, Max Persson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nykvarn's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ПФК Миньор Раднево the free kick. After 45 played minutes Nykvarn got a freekick which was hit by Max Persson. Michel Kinell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tzanko Bogatev in the 47th minute of the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pedro Souza to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomasz Czajka in the 52nd minute of play forced ПФК Миньор Раднево's goalkeeper Ivo Faria to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tzanko Bogatev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 61st match minute, Nykvarn was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomasz Czajka to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomasz Czajka in the 64th minute of play forced ПФК Миньор Раднево's goalkeeper Ivo Faria to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bengt-Åke Asserlind during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 67th match minute, Nykvarn was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bengt-Åke Asserlind to maneuver through the defense. In the 68th match minute, Nykvarn was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bengt-Åke Asserlind to maneuver through the defense. Ivo Faria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomasz Czajka, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tzanko Bogatev got free with Michel Kinell in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ivo Faria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viggo Samuelsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Tzanko Bogatev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Michel Kinell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Michel Kinell took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Souza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ivo Faria showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomasz Czajka in the 88th minute of the match. A collision led to ПФК Миньор Раднево getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Stancho Gyuzelev hit a great ball. In the 89th minute Tomasz Czajka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivo Faria saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the ПФК Миньор Раднево players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.