U21 League

Стадион Вежен
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bocho Gunchev made the kick off which started today's match. In the 6th minute Tomislav Radlov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gercho Mantarkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gercho Mantarkov came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by Бенковски Тетевен's Tomislav Radlov. But to his dismay, Tomislav Radlov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dennis Bergkamp in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gercho Mantarkov saved Вежен from getting behind. In the 18thth minute of the game Vasil Kalfov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Бенковски Тетевен's Vaklin Kortov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Gercho Mantarkov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dennis Bergkamp's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. Vitan Tzutzekov charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vitan Tzutzekov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Бенковски Тетевен booed when Вежен was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vitan Tzutzekov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 28 minutes, Dennis Bergkamp made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Вежен's Gercho Mantarkov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Вежен's Gercho Mantarkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paolo Di Canio in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd match minute, Вежен was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sava Vatrachki to maneuver through the defense. Бенковски Тетевен's Dennis Bergkamp got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vitan Tzutzekov got his second yellow card in the match during the 37th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 38 played minutes Вежен got a freekick which was hit by Vitan Tzutzekov. Paolo Di Canio scored 0-4 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gercho Mantarkov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half Бенковски Тетевен were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomislav Radlov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Paolo Di Canio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gercho Mantarkov was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Gercho Mantarkov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paolo Di Canio went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Paolo Di Canio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Gercho Mantarkov was a little too slow when Paolo Di Canio got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 59th minute. The score was now 0-7. Gercho Mantarkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paolo Di Canio, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Gercho Mantarkov was out of position in the 66 minute of play, and Dennis Bergkamp capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Dennis Bergkamp really showed his touch with that goal: 0-8. Gercho Mantarkov was out of position in the 70 minute of play, and Paolo Di Canio capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Paolo Di Canio really showed his touch with that goal: 0-9. The crowd rose to their feet as Dennis Bergkamp kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gercho Mantarkov. That made the score 0-10 in the 72 minute of play. In the 76th match minute, Бенковски Тетевен was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomislav Radlov to maneuver through the defense. In the 81st minute Paolo Di Canio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gercho Mantarkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Paolo Di Canio got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gercho Mantarkov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Dennis Bergkamp received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Gercho Mantarkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Вежен's Gercho Mantarkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomislav Radlov in the 92nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vasil Kalfov in the 96th minute of play forced Бенковски Тетевен's goalkeeper Vaklin Kortov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Вежен fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Бенковски Тетевен were clearly better and deserved to take the win.