U21 League

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ildefonso Frascuelo started the match with the kick off. Sandro Ormea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Josef Blažej in the 8th minute of play. Sandro Ormea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislav Špalek in the 12th minute of the match. The supporters of Golden Tigers booed when DARAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dobrin Mishev didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 22nd minute, Ildefonso Frascuelo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Michal Krajča was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Toni Nenchev who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 25thth minute tested the skills of Michal Krajča when he managed to save the team from getting behind. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Dobrin Mishev hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ildefonso Frascuelo in the 30th minute of play forced Golden Tigers's goalkeeper Michal Krajča to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 40 played minutes DARAS got a freekick which was hit by Lucas Quinto. 43 minutes into the match, Golden Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Ildefonso Frascuelo came free, but Michal Krajča reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute, Bayındır Seyfullah hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

Toni Nenchev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Michal Krajča tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. DARAS's Rudi Voeler was substituted for Ildefonso Frascuelo. After 70 played minutes DARAS got a freekick which was hit by Bayındır Seyfullah. DARAS made a substitution. Boycho Barbutski replaced Honorio Arnas. Biagio Pantano hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. After having played for 74 minutes, Jan Míchal managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Golden Tigers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jan Míchal was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rudi Voeler's late challenge caught a Golden Tigers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rudi Voeler helped the player get up and apologised. In the 77th minute, Rudi Voeler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Miroslav Berki fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sandro Ormea having to interfere. After a rather tough play, DARAS's Rudi Voeler got a free kick in the 96th minute. Golden Tigers's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because DARAS had won, even though Golden Tigers had held more of the ball.