U18 League

H.V.D. Arena
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Edgar Buys started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Каблешково's Vencho Gazibarov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Brain Diest in the 7th minute of play. Vencho Gazibarov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brain Diest, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Ágætis Byrjun getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Robin Willemsen hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Evlogi Boevski got free with Ab Veenema in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Edgar Buys had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 23 minutes into the match, Robin Willemsen notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Каблешково's Vencho Gazibarov. Vencho Gazibarov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Elenko Palikov hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Brain Diest scored 0-2 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vencho Gazibarov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tihomir Zhabinski in the 33rd minute of play forced Ágætis Byrjun's goalkeeper Ab Veenema to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ágætis Byrjun's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mircho Chakalov was slow to take the kick. During this time Каблешково's players had a chance to rest. Tihomir Zhabinski was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 44th minute. Каблешково's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mircho Chakalov to make the kick off. Robin Willemsen hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Aleko Milanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ab Veenema having to interfere. A collision led to Каблешково getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Tihomir Zhabinski hit a great ball. In the 60th minute, Ágætis Byrjun's Edgar Buys ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Vencho Gazibarov. Vencho Gazibarov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. Brain Diest fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vencho Gazibarov having to interfere. Boukjan Schalkwijk charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Boukjan Schalkwijk the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 64 played minutes Ágætis Byrjun got a freekick which was hit by Boukjan Schalkwijk. Mircho Chakalov, 64 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Vencho Gazibarov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brain Diest in the 66th minute of the match. Vencho Gazibarov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brain Diest in the 68th minute of the match. With a little luck, Каблешково's Vencho Gazibarov got control of the ball when Robin Willemsen tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Ágætis Byrjun's Sjoerd Ottenhof got a free kick in the 78th minute. In the 82nd minute, Boukjan Schalkwijk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Каблешково's Vencho Gazibarov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Brain Diest in the 86th minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Каблешково's goal looked a bit too open when Brain Diest came free, but Vencho Gazibarov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Ágætis Byrjun had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.