U21 League

MM Lane
Spectators: 176 (Terracing: 133, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vaklin Zhablyanov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Mirko Vervoort showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emanuil Neychev, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 18 minutes into the game, Gert Smits lined in a short shot 2-0 behind a frustrated Nikola Drinov. Mijdrecht Maffia's Mirko Vervoort played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuil Neychev in the 27th minute of play. Laziali's Nikola Drinov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Laziali from getting a goal against them. Gert Smits received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nikola Drinov came out and tried to block the shot, but Gert Smits slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 43rd minute. The supporters of Mijdrecht Maffia booed when Laziali was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vaklin Zhablyanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gert Smits stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Laziali getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Vaklin Zhablyanov hit a great ball. Mijdrecht Maffia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Roger Rekers in the 55th minute. The corner led to Mijdrecht Maffia's Jan Rein Roetering getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 60 minutes into the match, Laziali's goal looked a bit too open when Pieter de Zwart came free, but Nikola Drinov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pieter de Zwart in the 66th minute of play forced Laziali's goalkeeper Nikola Drinov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carel Thomasse hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gert Smits in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nikola Drinov saved Laziali from getting behind. When Mijdrecht Maffia's Gert Smits in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Laziali's goalie prevented a goal. 78 minutes into the game, Doncho Tzvetkov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Laziali's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mijdrecht Maffia the free kick. Doncho Tzvetkov kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Doncho Tzvetkov's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Mirko Vervoort firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 82nd minute Jan Rein Roetering shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikola Drinov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Mijdrecht Maffia booed when Laziali was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diyan Kontev didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 89th minute Tencho Mihalev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mirko Vervoort saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jens Spoel kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Mirko Vervoort stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tencho Mihalev's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. Mijdrecht Maffia were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Laziali for a fine match.