U23 World League

Народни трапища
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Reynaldo Pietro took the kick off in the first half of the match. Saturnino Romo made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Steven Gerard sent off a good shot on target. Godofredo Manny sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Kuzman Tzankov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Saturnino Romo made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Steven Gerard sent off a good shot on target. Kasper Schmeichel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Virgilio Quin in the 16th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the game, Virgilio Quin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Kasper Schmeichel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Saturnino Romo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Steven Gerard in the 20th minute. Godofredo Manny sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Saturnino Romo made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Steven Gerard sent off a good shot on target. Kasper Schmeichel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Virgilio Quin in the 28th minute of the match. Kuzman Tzankov scored 1-1 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Saturnino Romo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Steven Gerard's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 36thth minute, Saturnino Romo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by Grosso United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Karamfil Tutev was slow to take the kick. During this time ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's players had a chance to rest. ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Karamfil Tutev was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Saturnino Romo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 45th minute Reynaldo Pietro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kasper Schmeichel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 47th minute, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Steven Gerard dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Steven Gerard to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Kuzman Tzankov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Saturnino Romo was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Saturnino Romo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bayhan Özsungur in the 58th minute of the match. Kuzman Tzankov hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Serafim Mashev during the 62nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 69th minute, Kuzman Tzankov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-2. Lyudmil Sechenski charged in rather forcefully in the 71st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lyudmil Sechenski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Natalio Peyo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Grosso United's supporters rose to their feet, but Natalio Peyo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kasper Schmeichel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 79th minute Steven Gerard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Saturnino Romo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 80 minutes into the match, Grosso United's goal looked a bit too open when Lyudmil Sechenski came free, but Saturnino Romo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 85 minutes into the game, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Kuzman Tzankov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Saturnino Romo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-2. 100 minutes into the game, Lyudmil Sechenski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-3. Saturnino Romo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the referee ended the match the ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.