U23 League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Bozhko Pavurdzhiev started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rusi Hetemov got free with Stavri Minovski in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Nikifor Smochevski hit a great ball. In the 6th minute Denimir Slabakov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stavri Minovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10th match minute, MANCHESTER UNITED was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerasim Yankulov to maneuver through the defense. Stavri Minovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kuzman Leyarski, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. The audience was convinced that Denimir Slabakov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stavri Minovski was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Pencho Dulev kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the match, Bozhko Pavurdzhiev notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of MANCHESTER UNITED's Anton Lalchev. Anton Lalchev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Anton Lalchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bozhko Pavurdzhiev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Rostislav Benov hit a great ball. Denimir Slabakov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Stavri Minovski made a huge save. Rusi Hetemov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Stavri Minovski made a huge save. Through an outstanding action, after 36 minutes, Stavri Minovski successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 38th minute, Denimir Slabakov 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. After 39 played minutes VN BAKITO got a freekick which was hit by Pencho Dulev. Stavri Minovski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rusi Hetemov in the 40th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as MANCHESTER UNITED's Denimir Slabakov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Stavri Minovski. That made the score 1-1 after 43 minutes of play. 48 minutes into the match, VN BAKITO's goalkeeper Stavri Minovski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Denimir Slabakov. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kuzman Leyarski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes MANCHESTER UNITED got a freekick which was hit by Denimir Slabakov. 56 minutes into the match, MANCHESTER UNITED's goalkeeper Anton Lalchev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bozhko Pavurdzhiev. 61 minutes into the match, VN BAKITO's goal looked a bit too open when Gerasim Yankulov came free, but Stavri Minovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stavri Minovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rusi Hetemov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rostislav Benov hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Rostislav Benov kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. 83 minutes into the game, Rusi Hetemov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Stavri Minovski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Stavri Minovski came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by MANCHESTER UNITED's Denimir Slabakov. But to his dismay, Denimir Slabakov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. The supporters of VN BAKITO booed when MANCHESTER UNITED was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paun Hadzhiev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Petko Strilyov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 94th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Anton Lalchev. MANCHESTER UNITED's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Stavri Minovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rusi Hetemov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. MANCHESTER UNITED's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.