U23 World League

琉球大学体育场
Spectators: 7446 (Terracing: 5586, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nykteus Kouches made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Nykteus Kouches made a precise shot to the right of 严益竞. 大汉•钓鱼岛's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After 7 minutes of play, Blue avalanche's Kubrat Shehtanov made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 严益竞 was left in no man's land by his defense there! 13 minutes into the match, 大汉•钓鱼岛's goal looked a bit too open when Nykteus Kouches came free, but 严益竞 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 俞皓辉 hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. 严益竞 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ancho Marichkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Nykteus Kouches put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of 严益竞. After a defensive mix-up in 大汉•钓鱼岛's zone, Nykteus Kouches stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 严益竞 came out of the goal and Nykteus Kouches tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Toni Vúkov struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. 严益竞 didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Blue avalanche. 严益竞 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nykteus Kouches in the 31st minute of play. In the 33rd minute Toni Vúkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 严益竞 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 严益竞 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toni Vúkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 俞广彬 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Viden Kúdrev having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for 陈寒振 to strike the kick off in the second half. 大汉•钓鱼岛's 严益竞 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kalin Kitev in the 53rd minute of play. 陈寒振 hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Kalin Kitev struck a weak shot in the 57th minute. 严益竞 didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Blue avalanche. 1-4 became the score in the 59th minute when Nykteus Kouches elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 64 minutes into the game, 大汉•钓鱼岛's 高源骋 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Viden Kúdrev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-4. In the 66th minute Kubrat Shehtanov suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. 孙凌勇 kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. With a little luck, 大汉•钓鱼岛's 严益竞 got control of the ball when Toni Vúkov tried to sneak it across the goal line. 严益竞 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kalin Kitev in the 70th minute of the match. 大汉•钓鱼岛's 严益竞 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kalin Kitev in the 74th minute of play. 大汉•钓鱼岛's 严益竞 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save 大汉•钓鱼岛 from getting a goal against them. 温帆亦 hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Metodi Kashov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving 严益竞. That made the score 2-5 in the 86 minute of play. 89 minutes into the game, Kalin Kitev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Blue avalanche's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 大汉•钓鱼岛 the free kick. After 96 played minutes 大汉•钓鱼岛 got a freekick which was hit by 孙凌勇. When the final whistle sounded Blue avalanche left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than 大汉•钓鱼岛.