U23 League

STORM
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) STORM's Ruslan Gavrilenkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kiril Kratunkov in the 3rd minute of play. Yanko Karaivanov made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Rostislav Zaitsev sent off a good shot on target. Igor Maley struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Yanko Karaivanov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for STORM. After 10 played minutes DOROSTOL Ss got a freekick which was hit by Slaveyko Tzotzev. Dragolyub Dudekov hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Yanko Karaivanov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Igor Maley in the 17th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Ivo Mandev managed to get in a good position for a shot. DOROSTOL Ss's supporters rose to their feet, but Ivo Mandev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ruslan Gavrilenkov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Dragolyub Dudekov's late challenge caught a STORM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dragolyub Dudekov helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, DOROSTOL Ss's Dragolyub Dudekov got a free kick in the 24th minute. After some careless play in the DOROSTOL Ss defense, Igor Maley kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yanko Karaivanov. The DOROSTOL Ss fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yanko Karaivanov should have stopped the shot. Yanko Karaivanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikolay Ananichev, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nikolay Ananichev got free with Yanko Karaivanov in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as STORM's Igor Maley slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Yanko Karaivanov. That made the score 2-0 after 39 minutes of play. Yanko Karaivanov was out of position in the 43 minute of play, and Vitaliy Koirovich capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Vitaliy Koirovich really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. STORM made a substitution. Matvey Mikhailov replaced Valentin Vorobiev. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Matvey Mikhailov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 50th match minute, DOROSTOL Ss was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivo Suvandzhiev to maneuver through the defense. 51 minutes into the match, DOROSTOL Ss's goal looked a bit too open when Matvey Mikhailov came free, but Yanko Karaivanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 52 minutes DOROSTOL Ss's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Aleksandr Schukin who took care of the corner kick. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind DOROSTOL Ss's goalkeeper Yanko Karaivanov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Ivo Mandev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 58th minute, Yaroslav Komarov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th minute Dragolyub Dudekov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruslan Gavrilenkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th minute Dragolyub Dudekov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruslan Gavrilenkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 62nd minute Igor Maley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yanko Karaivanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ruslan Gavrilenkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dragolyub Dudekov in the 63rd minute of play. In the 64th minute, Nikolay Ananichev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The STORM fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. In the 67th minute Matvey Mikhailov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yanko Karaivanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the DOROSTOL Ss defense, Aleksandr Schukin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yanko Karaivanov. The DOROSTOL Ss fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yanko Karaivanov should have stopped the shot. Yanko Karaivanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vitaliy Koirovich in the 73rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aleksandr Schukin in the 75th minute of play forced DOROSTOL Ss's goalkeeper Yanko Karaivanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the DOROSTOL Ss defense, Matvey Mikhailov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yanko Karaivanov. The DOROSTOL Ss fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yanko Karaivanov should have stopped the shot. In the 79th minute Matvey Mikhailov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yanko Karaivanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ruslan Gavrilenkov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Evrosi Zdravkov in the 80th minute. When STORM's Matvey Mikhailov in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye DOROSTOL Ss's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to STORM getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Veniamin Vorobiev hit a great ball. Ruslan Gavrilenkov made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Evrosi Zdravkov sent off a good shot on target. Ruslan Gavrilenkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kiril Kratunkov in the 94th minute of the match. DOROSTOL Ss were furious when Pavlin Klyashev was red carded, 95 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Pavlin Klyashev kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The STORM fans cheered their team off the field, for while DOROSTOL Ss had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.