U23 League

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Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, 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. Patrik Almási started the match with the kick off. Steven Gerard received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Ottó Szántó tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Steven Gerard recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 9th match minute, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bayhan Özsungur to maneuver through the defense. Ottó Szántó made an important save on a dangerous shot by Steven Gerard in the 16th minute. Kasper Schmeichel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lukács Antal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute, Milán Kocsis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Velko Lambov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ottó Szántó came out and tried to block the shot, but Velko Lambov slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 21st minute. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Luca Modrić took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Ottó Szántó to make any attempt to save it. Karamfil Tutev's late challenge caught a Szolnoki MÁV's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Karamfil Tutev helped the player get up and apologised. After 35 played minutes ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг got a freekick which was hit by Karamfil Tutev. The nice shot from Steven Gerard in the 42ndth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Ottó Szántó had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. In the 48th minute, Steven Gerard got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Steven Gerard was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Velko Lambov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ottó Szántó was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. When ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Steven Gerard in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Szolnoki MÁV's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Velko Lambov in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ottó Szántó saved Szolnoki MÁV from getting behind. After 58 minutes, Lukács Antal mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Szolnoki MÁV and the ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Szolnoki MÁV getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Lukács Antal hit a great ball. After 68 minutes, Velko Lambov made it 5-0 with a short kick to the right side. Szolnoki MÁV's Ottó Szántó tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Ganyo Idakiev got a free kick in the 70th minute. After a defensive mix-up in ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's zone, Emesto Muñagorri stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kasper Schmeichel came out of the goal and Emesto Muñagorri tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 76 minutes into the game, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Steven Gerard nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ottó Szántó made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Luca Modrić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ottó Szántó having to interfere. In the 86th minute, Lyudmil Sechenski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ottó Szántó was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Szolnoki MÁV's Ottó Szántó played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Velko Lambov in the 89th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.