U23 World League

Garra do Carrapicho
Spectators: 7541 (Terracing: 5657, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Luís Moldavsky got the match started through his kick off. With an all-out effort, Carrapichel - FDFDF's Borimir Karadzhov threw himself towards the right post 4 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from 傅磊谦, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Violet Skachkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tony Dias having to interfere. In the 10th minute, Violet Skachkov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Old Dogs United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Borimir Karadzhov was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Luís Moldavsky showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 13 minute of play. Tony Dias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stayko Pavlikyanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Carrapichel - FDFDF's Tony Dias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stayko Pavlikyanov in the 19th minute of play. 23 minutes into the match, Carrapichel - FDFDF's Luís Moldavsky sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Borimir Karadzhov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Tony Dias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stayko Pavlikyanov in the 25th minute of play. Tony Dias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stayko Pavlikyanov in the 29th minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Violet Skachkov notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Carrapichel - FDFDF's Tony Dias. Tony Dias was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the Carrapichel - FDFDF defense, Stayko Pavlikyanov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tony Dias. The Carrapichel - FDFDF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tony Dias should have stopped the shot. Tony Dias stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Violet Skachkov's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. Tony Dias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stayko Pavlikyanov in the 45th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Violet Skachkov was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Stayko Pavlikyanov recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Tony Dias. Stayko Pavlikyanov showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-4. In the 53rd minute Stayko Pavlikyanov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tony Dias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Carrapichel - FDFDF defense, Violet Skachkov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tony Dias. The Carrapichel - FDFDF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tony Dias should have stopped the shot. Tony Dias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Violet Skachkov in the 57th minute of play. In the 63rd minute Violet Skachkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tony Dias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute, Stayko Pavlikyanov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Old Dogs United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-6. In the 68th minute, FC Old Dogs United's Violet Skachkov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tony Dias. Tony Dias yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-7. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stayko Pavlikyanov got free with Tony Dias in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When FC Old Dogs United's Violet Skachkov in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Carrapichel - FDFDF's goalie prevented a goal. Violet Skachkov scored 1-9 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tony Dias, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 87 minutes of play, FC Old Dogs United's Violet Skachkov made it 1-10 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tony Dias was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 91st minute, Violet Skachkov reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tony Dias. The goal made the score 1-11. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Moldavsky in the 94th minute of play forced FC Old Dogs United's goalkeeper Borimir Karadzhov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match was over FC Old Dogs United could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Carrapichel - FDFDF throughout the match.