U21 League

KORITOTO-VARNA
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) HIT Gorica's Duško Turnšek 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. When Vihren Bozhanov came up free with the goalie in the 2nd minute, the VN SOKOLI-VARNA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Vihren Bozhanov couldn't finish the play. After 10 minutes, Duško Turnšek made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Haralampi Kúrkelanov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Haralampi Kúrkelanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from László Tar, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Haralampi Kúrkelanov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Zlatko Goričan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Haralampi Kúrkelanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, HIT Gorica's Konstantin Pančur got control of the ball when Rostislav Sitarski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Haralampi Kúrkelanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Duško Turnšek in the 25th minute of the match. Gercho Nenchovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Pančur having to interfere. Rastislav Tomič lost his temper 30 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The supporters of VN SOKOLI-VARNA booed when HIT Gorica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rastislav Tomič didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Trifon Mladenov came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the VN SOKOLI-VARNA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Trifon Mladenov couldn't finish the play. Rostislav Sitarskis short, quick shot in the 33rdth minute got Konstantin Pančur to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The supporters of VN SOKOLI-VARNA booed when HIT Gorica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Quentin Willmott didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, HIT Gorica's Konstantin Pančur got control of the ball when Valentin Krotev tried to sneak it across the goal line. Haralampi Kúrkelanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Duško Turnšek, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. 41 minutes into the game, Duško Turnšek cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Haralampi Kúrkelanov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Valentin Krotev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Konstantin Pančur tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rostislav Sitarski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Duško Turnšek's late challenge caught a VN SOKOLI-VARNA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Duško Turnšek helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to HIT Gorica getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Duško Turnšek hit a great ball. The supporters of HIT Gorica booed when VN SOKOLI-VARNA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Trifon Mladenov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Konstantin Pančur took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Krotev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Krotev in the 54th minute of play forced HIT Gorica's goalkeeper Konstantin Pančur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Rostislav Sitarski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Konstantin Pančur was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. The supporters of VN SOKOLI-VARNA booed when HIT Gorica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. CJ Desailly didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of VN SOKOLI-VARNA booed when HIT Gorica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. CJ Desailly didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, HIT Gorica's Zlatko Goričan got a free kick in the 69th minute. A collision led to HIT Gorica getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Delmiro Lizbeth hit a great ball. If Jernej Petrovič had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rostislav Sitarski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 86 minutes into the match, HIT Gorica's goal looked a bit too open when Gercho Nenchovski came free, but Konstantin Pančur reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Haralampi Kúrkelanov didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when HIT Gorica's Istok Šabotić shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. HIT Gorica's Brite McCready got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.