U23 World League

Elvio Maore
Spectators: 7514 (Terracing: 5636, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Gercho Mantarkov acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 3rd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Joel Matteo. Santos Bernat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sava Vatrachki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gercho Mantarkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franco Mastantuono in the 6th minute of the match. Tomislav Manchev hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Franco Mastantuono took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gercho Mantarkov. Gercho Mantarkov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Invisible's Clodoveo Aresti slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gercho Mantarkov. That made the score 2-0 after 11 minutes of play. Santos Bernat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitan Tzutzekov in the 19th minute of the match. Santos Bernat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Prokopi Basarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Franco Mastantuono's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gercho Mantarkov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 27th minute of play. In the 28th minute, Tomislav Manchev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Santos Bernat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Milan Harabaliev, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Franco Mastantuono's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gercho Mantarkov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. Invisible were awarded a corner in the 42th minute after Вежен's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Emanuels Mammana took the corner. The corner led to Invisible's Dario Abaunza getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 47 minutes into the game, Tomislav Manchev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Вежен's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Invisible the free kick. Tomislav Manchev hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. 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 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Yuri Velkov made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Clodoveo Aresti notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Вежен's Gercho Mantarkov. Gercho Mantarkov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Franco Mastantuono received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Gercho Mantarkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Invisible's Urbano Laurgain got a free kick in the 59th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 60 minutes, Santos Bernat successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 62nd match minute, Invisible was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuels Mammana to maneuver through the defense. 66 minutes into the game, Invisible's Franco Mastantuono nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gercho Mantarkov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Tomislav Manchev kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Вежен's Gercho Mantarkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franco Mastantuono in the 69th minute of play. Yordan Prashtilski made in the 73rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Sava Vatrachki however managed to control. 75 minutes into the game, Invisible's Franco Mastantuono nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gercho Mantarkov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. After a rather tough play, Invisible's Clodoveo Aresti got a free kick in the 85th minute. With an all-out effort, Вежен's Santos Bernat threw himself towards the right post 86 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sava Vatrachki, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Gercho Mantarkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franco Mastantuono, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anibal Mazuste kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Santos Bernat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sava Vatrachki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Invisible had won after a very even match.