U23 League

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Myroslav Matviychuk got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Pryaporets's goal looked a bit too open when Taras Nerush came free, but Gianluigi Donnarumma reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pryaporets's Gianluigi Donnarumma played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Myroslav Matviychuk in the 6th minute of play. Gianluigi Donnarumma showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Myroslav Matviychuk in the 12th minute of the match. Gianluigi Donnarumma came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by Juventus FC's Myroslav Matviychuk. But to his dismay, Myroslav Matviychuk quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Myroslav Matviychuk in the 15th minute of play forced Pryaporets's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Myroslav Matviychuk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gianluigi Donnarumma was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. In the 27th minute Myroslav Matviychuk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gianluigi Donnarumma saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gianluigi Donnarumma showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nazariy Bogdaniv in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 36th minute Tymofiy Gordya shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gianluigi Donnarumma saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gianluigi Donnarumma took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Myroslav Matviychuk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zhelyo Tzingilev to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, Valentin Gúrkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, Juventus FC's Gianluigi Donnarumma threw himself towards the right post 59 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Myroslav Matviychuk, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Pryaporets made a substitution. Antoni Kotov replaced Huben Simchev. After a rather tough play, Juventus FC's Mykola Kachur got a free kick in the 61st minute. After 62 played minutes, Pryaporets's Boyan Yonov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Anatoliy Strakhovskyi came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Pryaporets reached it. 64 minutes into the match, Taras Nerush had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gianluigi Donnarumma. Pryaporets's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Taras Nerush was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Taras Nerush got free with Gianluigi Donnarumma in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Valeri Durov fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pryaporets's protests and gave Valeri Durov a yellow card for diving instead. Valeri Durov kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Anatoliy Strakhovskyi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Gúrkov in the 75th minute of play. When Myroslav Matviychuk came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Juventus FC 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 Myroslav Matviychuk couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Pryaporets's zone, Myroslav Matviychuk stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gianluigi Donnarumma came out of the goal and Myroslav Matviychuk tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Juventus FC booed when Pryaporets was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Boyan Yonov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Taras Nerush succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-5 in the 89th playminute. With a little luck, Pryaporets's Gianluigi Donnarumma got control of the ball when Taras Nerush tried to sneak it across the goal line. 95 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pryaporets's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nazariy Bogdaniv was slow to take the kick. During this time Juventus FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Juventus FC's corner Nazariy Bogdaniv fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Gianluigi Donnarumma quite easily take care of the ball.