U23 World League

Estádio Augusto Mohr
Spectators: 7710 (Terracing: 5784, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) Francisco da Cunha made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rostislav Sitarski in the 21st minute of play forced Jumeuc Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Carlos Leclerc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Haralampi Kúrkelanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeremias Linhares in the 23rd minute of play. Haralampi Kúrkelanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeremias Linhares in the 23rd minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rostislav Sitarski during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 25th minute, Rostislav Sitarski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hamilton Luis kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. In the 27th minute, Rostislav Sitarski 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. In the 28th minute, Jeremias Linhares hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamilton Luis in the 31st minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Haralampi Kúrkelanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to VN SOKOLI-VARNA getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Argir Ilchev hit a great ball. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Haralampi Kúrkelanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tadeu Prestes in the 37th minute of play. In the 39th minute, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Pavlin Bochev seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Pavlin Bochev the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of VN SOKOLI-VARNA protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Pavlin Bochev had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Haralampi Kúrkelanov acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 41st minute, took the ball on the long shot from Jeremias Linhares. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vihren Bozhanov was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Vihren Bozhanov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-1. After a rather tough play, Jumeuc Futebol Clube's Arí Vidal got a free kick in the 57th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamilton Luis in the 62nd minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Haralampi Kúrkelanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Haralampi Kúrkelanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Falcão Soeiro in the 63rd minute of play. After 64 played minutes Jumeuc Futebol Clube got a freekick which was hit by Claudinei da Fonseca. In the 67th minute Hamilton Luis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gercho Nenchovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Leclerc having to interfere. After 73 played minutes Jumeuc Futebol Clube got a freekick which was hit by Arí Vidal. In the 82nd match minute, Jumeuc Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Saldanha to maneuver through the defense. Falcão Soeiro struck a weak shot in the 86th minute. Haralampi Kúrkelanov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Jumeuc Futebol Clube. Kuncho Gergov hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeu Prestes in the 96th minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Haralampi Kúrkelanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Jumeuc Futebol Clube manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing VN SOKOLI-VARNA to win.