U23 World League

Stadio De Victoria
Spectators: 7772 (Terracing: 5830, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vihren Bozhanov took the kick off in the first half of the match. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Haralampi Kúrkelanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amirul Hock in the 9th minute of play. After 11 played minutes Oakham got a freekick which was hit by Arif Ching. In the 14th match minute, VN SOKOLI-VARNA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tzvetoslav Vúlchov to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arif Ching in the 15th minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Haralampi Kúrkelanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Slavey Polihronov hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amirul Hock in the 17th minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Haralampi Kúrkelanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Argir Ilchev in the 23rd minute of play forced Oakham's goalkeeper Shah Henderson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Slavey Polihronov kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Haralampi Kúrkelanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tan Chew in the 25th minute of play. After a rather tough play, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Vihren Bozhanov got a free kick in the 28th minute. When Oakham's Amirul Hock in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalie prevented a goal. In the 32nd match minute, VN SOKOLI-VARNA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andon Traychev to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to VN SOKOLI-VARNA getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Andon Traychev hit a great ball. In the 34th minute of the match Arif Ching sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Krotev in the 35th minute of play forced Oakham's goalkeeper Shah Henderson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes into the match, Darren Chan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Haralampi Kúrkelanov. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Darren Chan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Amirul Hock was the one to do the kick off. Haralampi Kúrkelanov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khairul Sarangapani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Shah Henderson was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Vihren Bozhanov showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 56 minute of play. After 62 played minutes VN SOKOLI-VARNA got a freekick which was hit by Argir Ilchev. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Haralampi Kúrkelanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arif Ching in the 63rd minute of play. 65 minutes into the game, Oakham's Khairul Sarangapani nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Haralampi Kúrkelanov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. After some careless play in the VN SOKOLI-VARNA defense, Amirul Hock kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Haralampi Kúrkelanov. The VN SOKOLI-VARNA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Haralampi Kúrkelanov should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tan Chew in the 84th minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Haralampi Kúrkelanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 96 played minutes VN SOKOLI-VARNA got a freekick which was hit by Gercho Nenchovski. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Oakham fully deserved thier win.