U21 World League

Antonio María Claret
Spectators: 7583 (Terracing: 5688, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jesco Pujargimon made the kick off which started today's match. Herminio Beitia was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 3 minutes into the match. In the 3rd minute, Herminio Beitia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, DOROSTOL Ss's Pavlin Klyashev tried to score from far away in the 4th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jesco Pujargimon in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bozhidar Kishev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some careless play in the DOROSTOL Ss defense, Bermudo Bueno kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bozhidar Kishev. The DOROSTOL Ss fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bozhidar Kishev should have stopped the shot. Claretiano FC's Jesco Pujargimon got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 19 minutes into the game, DOROSTOL Ss's Kostadin Desov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mantzio Porlier made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Mantzio Porlier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kiril Kratunkov in the 22nd minute of play. Bozhidar Kishev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jesco Pujargimon in the 24th minute. Bozhidar Kishev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jesco Pujargimon in the 38th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vencho Hristoskov made a kick off. In the 71st minute Yanislav Nochev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mantzio Porlier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 73rd match minute, Claretiano FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Berbiz Cal to maneuver through the defense. Bozhidar Kishev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jesco Pujargimon in the 76th minute of play. After 78 played minutes DOROSTOL Ss got a freekick which was hit by Pavlin Klyashev. Mantzio Porlier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yanislav Nochev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 82 minutes, Jesco Pujargimon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Claretiano FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jesco Pujargimon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 86th minute, Vitor Vazquez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 90th minute, Kostadin Desov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The DOROSTOL Ss fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2.