U23 World League

Миньор
Spectators: 7760 (Terracing: 5821, Seating: 1785, VIP seats: 154) In the 7th minute, Rostislav Peyanski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 8 minutes into the match, ПФК Миньор Раднево's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Calisto came free, but Ivo Faria reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Pedro Espírito Santo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gremio Viana's supporters rose to their feet, but Pedro Espírito Santo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ivo Faria breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gremio Viana's attentive Salvador Resende managed to snatch the ball when Ventzislav Genovski made a throw-in in the 18th minute of the game. After having played for 19 minutes, Pedro Espírito Santo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gremio Viana's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pedro Espírito Santo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ivan Kulekov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Vicente Paixão made a huge save. Pedro Souza's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Vicente Paixão firmly grabbed it by the left post. After a rather tough play, Gremio Viana's Adalberto Amaro got a free kick in the 27th minute. Ventzislav Genovski made in the 30th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Nesho Malinchev immediately put the ball in play. Pedro Souza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vicente Paixão having to interfere. Pedro Souza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Vicente Paixão made a huge save. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Gremio Viana's Leonardo Valido quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Nesho Malinchev, made in the 52nd minute of the game. Pedro Espírito Santo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivo Faria having to interfere. Carlos Luna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Hildeberto Póvoas hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tzanko Bogatev during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 66th minute, Tzanko Bogatev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ПФК Миньор Раднево's Zanko Yochkolovski was substituted for Tzanko Bogatev. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Souza in the 75th minute of play forced Gremio Viana's goalkeeper Vicente Paixão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With 83 minutes on the clock, Georgi Chorbadzhiyski commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 83rd minute, one of ПФК Миньор Раднево:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ПФК Миньор Раднево. 85 minutes into the match, Antonio Calisto notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of ПФК Миньор Раднево's Ivo Faria. Ivo Faria was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a defensive mix-up in ПФК Миньор Раднево's zone, Carlos Luna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ivo Faria came out of the goal and Carlos Luna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Carlos Luna blasted a shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ivo Faria having to make a save. Ivo Faria was out of position in the 93 minute of play, and Carlos Luna capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Carlos Luna really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. After 97 played minutes ПФК Миньор Раднево got a freekick which was hit by Rostislav Peyanski. When the final whistle went the supporters of Gremio Viana were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant ПФК Миньор Раднево side.