U23 World League

Broom Stadium
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Steven Gerard started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lyudmil Sechenski during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 3rd minute, Lyudmil Sechenski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Bayhan Özsungur hit a great ball. In the 9th minute, Kuzman Tzankov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ercole Giordano was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 20 minutes into the match, Broom of the System DA13's goal looked a bit too open when Kuzman Tzankov came free, but Ercole Giordano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22ndth minute of the game Kuzman Tzankov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Broom of the System DA13's Ercole Giordano was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 23rd minute, Steven Gerard 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: 0-3. If Steven Gerard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kuzman Tzankov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Ercole Giordano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ercole Giordano didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Kuzman Tzankov shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-5 in the ordered_time% minute. Ciccio Di Ruscio's late challenge caught a ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ciccio Di Ruscio helped the player get up and apologised. After the first half ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bianco Iachini made a kick off. Broom of the System DA13's Ercole Giordano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Broom of the System DA13 from getting a goal against them. In the 54th minute Alvaro Mastrangelo 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. After 55 played minutes ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг got a freekick which was hit by Bayhan Özsungur. With a little luck, Broom of the System DA13's Ercole Giordano got control of the ball when Steven Gerard tried to sneak it across the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Karamfil Tutev got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ercole Giordano quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Kuzman Tzankov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ercole Giordano was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kuzman Tzankov in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ercole Giordano prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ercole Giordano made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Steven Gerard sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luca Modrić during the 86th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Luca Modrić hit a great ball. 89 minutes into the match, Broom of the System DA13's goalkeeper Ercole Giordano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Steven Gerard. In the 91st match minute, Broom of the System DA13 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciccio Scarano to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Steven Gerard got free with Ercole Giordano in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 93 minutes, Steven Gerard managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's supporters crossed their fingers, but Steven Gerard was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kuzman Tzankov in the 95th minute of play forced Broom of the System DA13's goalkeeper Ercole Giordano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Broom of the System DA13 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг were clearly better and deserved to take the win.