U21 League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Tarada's Johnny Raiola 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 supporters of Tarada booed when MANCHESTER UNITED was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Trayko Slavinski didn't get a good kick on the ball. MANCHESTER UNITED's Grisha Rakitski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marc Nuessli in the 9th minute of play. After 10 played minutes MANCHESTER UNITED got a freekick which was hit by Paun Ginov. After a rather tough play, Tarada's Marc Nuessli got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 21st match minute, MANCHESTER UNITED was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paun Ginov to maneuver through the defense. Tony Bohren kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Tzvyatko Chobanov, 25 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. In the 26th minute, Tzeno Berovski fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Cliff Gottschalk, passed just outside the right post. Marc Nuessli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Grisha Rakitski having to interfere. Grisha Rakitski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mick Racine in the 34th minute of the match. In the 36th minute Johnny Raiola shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grisha Rakitski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mick Racine struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Grisha Rakitski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tarada. A collision led to Tarada getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Johnny Raiola hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, MANCHESTER UNITED's Tzvyatko Chobanov got a free kick in the 44th minute. Tarada made a substitution. Wolf Ehrenbolger replaced Mick Racine. In the 48th match minute, Tarada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mick Racine to maneuver through the defense. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

52 minutes into the match, MANCHESTER UNITED's goalkeeper Grisha Rakitski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Henri Schäppi. After some careless play in the MANCHESTER UNITED defense, Johnny Raiola kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Grisha Rakitski. The MANCHESTER UNITED fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Grisha Rakitski should have stopped the shot. Tony Bohren charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tony Bohren the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 62 played minutes Tarada got a freekick which was hit by Tony Bohren. Grisha Rakitski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wolf Ehrenbolger in the 67th minute of the match. In the 71st minute, Tarada's Wolf Ehrenbolger ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Grisha Rakitski. Grisha Rakitski yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. Cliff Gottschalk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tzeno Berovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Grisha Rakitski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Henri Schäppi in the 77th minute. Grisha Rakitski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wolf Ehrenbolger in the 79th minute of play. After a rather tough play, MANCHESTER UNITED's Paun Ginov got a free kick in the 80th minute. MANCHESTER UNITED's defense didn't have a chance, in the 87th minute, when Wolf Ehrenbolger scored to the left of an out of position Grisha Rakitski, making the score, 0-3. Wolf Ehrenbolger scored 0-4 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Grisha Rakitski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 96 minutes into the match, Johnny Raiola had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Grisha Rakitski. MANCHESTER UNITED's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Johnny Raiola was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. When the match was over Tarada could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than MANCHESTER UNITED throughout the match.