U23 World League

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) DARAS's Toni Nenchev started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With his leg Knut Odin managed to avoid a goal in the 7thth minute, when DARAS's Toni Nenchev fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Dobrin Mishev made in the 14th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by The Wild Bunch's Kalle Gustavsson. In the 17th minute, DARAS's Toni Nenchev ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Knut Odin. Knut Odin yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. A collision led to The Wild Bunch getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Torsten Haström hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Toni Nenchev in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Knut Odin saved The Wild Bunch from getting behind. In the 32nd minute, Ingvar Tholsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Knut Odin managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when DARAS's Toni Nenchev fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Fred Smedfeldt kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Knut Odin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toni Nenchev in the 38th minute of play. Toni Nenchev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Knut Odin made a huge save. Toni Nenchev struck a weak shot in the 44th minute. Knut Odin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for DARAS. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

Biagio Pantano kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. 56 minutes into the game, Biagio Pantano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. DARAS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave The Wild Bunch the free kick. After a rather tough play, DARAS's Biagio Pantano got a free kick in the 56th minute. Knut Odin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toni Nenchev in the 62nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Toni Nenchev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Knut Odin was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. The supporters of The Wild Bunch booed when DARAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dobrin Mishev didn't get a good kick on the ball. 68 minutes into the match, Toni Nenchev notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of The Wild Bunch's Knut Odin. Knut Odin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Knut Odin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Toni Nenchev's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. 74 minutes into the match, The Wild Bunch's goal looked a bit too open when Toni Nenchev came free, but Knut Odin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 75 minutes, Roger Milla mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the DARAS and the The Wild Bunch players grew even worse after the yellow card. Knut Odin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toni Nenchev in the 76th minute of the match. Toni Nenchev scored 6-0 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Knut Odin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Toni Nenchev hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Robin Pettersson during the 83rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 89th minute, Toni Nenchev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Knut Odin was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. In the 93rd minute, Toni Nenchev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The DARAS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. There was no doubt that DARAS were the better team. DARAS's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.