U23 World League

Senza Vergogna
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Franco Evani started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Franco Evani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stavri Minovski was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. After some careless play in the Squadra de Pippe defense, Velyo Prodanov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alvise Colombi. The Squadra de Pippe fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alvise Colombi should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Squadra de Pippe booed when VN BAKITO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stamen Daskalov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 19th minute, Rostislav Benov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VN BAKITO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Rostislav Benov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alvise Colombi having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bozhko Pavurdzhiev in the 26th minute of play forced Squadra de Pippe's goalkeeper Alvise Colombi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute VN BAKITO were awarded a corner. Stamen Daskalov went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to VN BAKITO's Nikifor Smochevski getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 31 minutes into the match, Squadra de Pippe's goal looked a bit too open when Velyo Prodanov came free, but Alvise Colombi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 33rd match minute, VN BAKITO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Krastyo Raynovski to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Squadra de Pippe getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Enrico Valeri hit a great ball. In the 42nd match minute, Squadra de Pippe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Coccia to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bozhko Pavurdzhiev made a kick off. In the 51st minute Franco Evani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stavri Minovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54th minute, VN BAKITO's Bozhko Pavurdzhiev dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. Alvise Colombi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bozhko Pavurdzhiev in the 57th minute. After a rather tough play, Squadra de Pippe's Flavio Scalia got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Rostislav Benov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alvise Colombi having to interfere. Stavri Minovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franco Evani in the 70th minute of the match. Squadra de Pippe's Alvise Colombi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rostislav Benov in the 75th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Franco Evani in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Stavri Minovski saved VN BAKITO from getting behind. Alvise Colombi came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by VN BAKITO's Rostislav Benov. But to his dismay, Rostislav Benov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Alvise Colombi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bozhko Pavurdzhiev in the 93rd minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched VN BAKITO eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.