U23 World League

Wonderkids Arena
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bruno Maraman started the match with the kick off. After 6 minutes, Filip Makedonski made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Sportivo Ben Hur's Ovidio Maureo tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Vicente Caitano kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gavril Sarev got free with Ovidio Maureo in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ovidio Maureo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filip Makedonski in the 17th minute of the match. Svetozar Petrusevski might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ovidio Maureo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Svetozar Petrusevski ran back to his position shaking his head. Sportivo Ben Hur's Ovidio Maureo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Sportivo Ben Hur from getting a goal against them. Filip Makedonski who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 28thth minute tested the skills of Ovidio Maureo when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Sportivo Ben Hur were furious when Ovidio Piarres was red carded, 35 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 34th minute, one of Sportivo Ben Hur:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Sportivo Ben Hur. Bruno Maraman kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Svetozar Petrusevski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ovidio Maureo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Makedonski in the 58th minute of play. In the 59th minute, Riste Lazarevski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Wonderkids fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. After 63 played minutes Sportivo Ben Hur got a freekick which was hit by Vicente Caitano. 69 minutes into the game, Filip Makedonski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Ovidio Maureo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Sportivo Ben Hur's Desiderio Tancredo shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 75th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Zafir Djurovski but with some difficulty. 81 minutes into the game, Wonderkids's Riste Lazarevski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ovidio Maureo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-0. Anísio Maia's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ovidio Maureo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. Svetozar Petrusevski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ovidio Maureo having to interfere. 88 minutes into the match, Svetozar Petrusevski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ovidio Maureo. Sportivo Ben Hur's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Svetozar Petrusevski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Riste Lazarevski in the 91st minute of play forced Sportivo Ben Hur's goalkeeper Ovidio Maureo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Sportivo Ben Hur booed when Wonderkids was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lorik Cana didn't get a good kick on the ball. Desiderio Tancredo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Zafir Djurovski made a huge save. Wonderkids walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.