U23 League

Stadio Olimpico
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kuzman Leyarski got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to MANCHESTER UNITED getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Sergey Mechkarov hit a great ball. 6 minutes into the match, Laziali's Rostislav Filchovski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anton Lalchev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 7 minutes into the match, Laziali's goal looked a bit too open when Rusi Hetemov came free, but Nikola Drinov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anton Lalchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tencho Mihalev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Laziali's Dráuzio Recife slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Anton Lalchev. That made the score 1-0 after 11 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tencho Mihalev in the 18th minute of play forced MANCHESTER UNITED's goalkeeper Anton Lalchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 22 minutes, Denimir Slabakov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MANCHESTER UNITED and the Laziali players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, MANCHESTER UNITED's Denimir Slabakov got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Hristofor Ikonomov came free with the goalkeeper in the 23rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Anton Lalchev could save by the left post. Denimir Slabakov hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Anton Lalchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Naum Mentov in the 26th minute of play. The supporters of MANCHESTER UNITED booed when Laziali was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stoyan Gyuzelev didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 34th minute, Naum Mentov reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Anton Lalchev. The goal made the score 2-0. Rusi Hetemov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikola Drinov having to interfere. In the 43rd 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. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Vaklin Zhablyanov made the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vaklin Zhablyanov during the 50th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. When Vlado Tarandzhiyski fell near the penalty area in the 51st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Laziali's protests and gave Vlado Tarandzhiyski a yellow card for diving instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in Laziali fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 51st minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Nikola Drinov, was totally fooled by MANCHESTER UNITED's Kuzman Leyarski, who 53 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 63rd minute, Hristofor Ikonomov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Laziali's Nikola Drinov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Laziali from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Laziali's Nikola Drinov got control of the ball when Rusi Hetemov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Anton Lalchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hristofor Ikonomov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 73rd minute, Hristofor Ikonomov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anton Lalchev was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Anton Lalchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hristofor Ikonomov, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 84 minutes into the game, Rusi Hetemov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Nikola Drinov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gerasim Yankulov hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Anton Lalchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Naum Mentov, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Anton Lalchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hristofor Ikonomov in the 96th minute of play. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.