U18 League

FALCONS NEST
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Trendafil Tilev started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Trendafil Tilev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to VN SOKOLI-VARNA getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Miroslav Nikolov hit a great ball. In the 7thth minute of the game Trendafil Tilev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SEA FALCONS's Dragolyub Nikushev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 8 minutes into the game, Tinko Gerchev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SEA FALCONS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave VN SOKOLI-VARNA the free kick. Tinko Gerchev hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Asparuh Nechev in the 13th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dragolyub Nikushev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Dragolyub Nikushev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Trendafil Tilev in the 17th minute of play. Evtim Oblakov charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Evtim Oblakov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of VN SOKOLI-VARNA booed when SEA FALCONS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evtim Oblakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dragolyub Nikushev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Asparuh Nechev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dragolyub Nikushev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trendafil Tilev in the 26th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Trendafil Tilev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dragolyub Nikushev was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Svetlin Dzhongov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Kuncho Gergov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Yoakim Pipev fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SEA FALCONS's protests and gave Yoakim Pipev a yellow card for diving instead. Yoakim Pipev hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Svetlin Dzhongov made the kick off in the second half. Dragolyub Nikushev made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Trendafil Tilev sent off a good shot on target. In the 72nd minute, Trendafil Tilev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dragolyub Nikushev was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. After 75 played minutes SEA FALCONS got a freekick which was hit by Yoakim Pipev. After 78 minutes, Asparuh Nechev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the VN SOKOLI-VARNA and the SEA FALCONS players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Asparuh Nechev got a free kick in the 78th minute. After having played for 84 minutes, Tinko Gerchev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SEA FALCONS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tinko Gerchev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Slavey Polihronov got a free kick in the 86th minute. In the 87th minute of the match Mihail Dzhordzhev shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kuncho Gergov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Trendafil Tilev scored 0-4 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dragolyub Nikushev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Tinko Gerchev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.