U23 World League

Estadio Chiquero
Spectators: 7499 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The audience was convinced that Naum Mentov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gervasio Dei was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. After 4 minutes of play, Laziali's Blagoy Dabizhev made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gervasio Dei was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gervasio Dei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vaklin Zhablyanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gervasio Dei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vaklin Zhablyanov in the 7th minute of the match. Gervasio Dei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vaklin Zhablyanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chanchos's Gervasio Dei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vaklin Zhablyanov in the 9th minute of play. Gervasio Dei didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vaklin Zhablyanov went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 16th minute of the match Vaklin Zhablyanov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gervasio Dei showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 19 played minutes Chanchos got a freekick which was hit by Rosendo Estevez. Hristofor Ikonomov scored 0-3 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gervasio Dei, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gervasio Dei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vaklin Zhablyanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hristofor Ikonomov in the 28th minute of play forced Chanchos's goalkeeper Gervasio Dei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vaklin Zhablyanov took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gervasio Dei. Gervasio Dei dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. In the 36th minute Hristofor Ikonomov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gervasio Dei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Blagoy Dabizhev in the 37th minute of play forced Chanchos's goalkeeper Gervasio Dei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laziali's Tencho Mihalev got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lazar Benatov took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gervasio Dei. Gervasio Dei dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. 43 minutes into the game, Laziali's Hristofor Ikonomov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gervasio Dei made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. Hristofor Ikonomov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Gervasio Dei tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vaklin Zhablyanov to make the kick off. Vaklin Zhablyanov did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-8 to the left of a surprised Gervasio Dei 54 minutes into the match. In the 61st minute, Tencho Mihalev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Laziali fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-9. Gervasio Dei made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vaklin Zhablyanov in the 68th minute. Chanchos's Gervasio Dei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hristofor Ikonomov in the 69th minute of play. Gervasio Dei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hristofor Ikonomov, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. 72 minutes into the match, Vaklin Zhablyanov notched a goal, 0-10, to the right of Chanchos's Gervasio Dei. Gervasio Dei was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 75 minutes into the match, Chanchos's goalkeeper Gervasio Dei had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vaklin Zhablyanov. 78 minutes into the match, Vaklin Zhablyanov dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gervasio Dei, 0-11. Naum Mentov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hristofor Ikonomov succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-14 in the 88th playminute. Gervasio Dei didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 91st minute, which inside left pole to 0-15. Chanchos's defense didn't have a chance, in the 94th minute, when Vaklin Zhablyanov scored to the left of an out of position Gervasio Dei, making the score, 0-16. Laziali's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.