U23 League

Peggy Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Вежен's Yuri Velkov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Nikolas Pohl might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gercho Mantarkov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nikolas Pohl ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 3rd match minute, Вежен was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yuri Velkov to maneuver through the defense. Leonard Kobylka recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bonito Marschall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yuri Velkov in the 7th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the match, Вежен's goalkeeper Gercho Mantarkov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Benjamin Borský. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuri Velkov in the 17th minute of play forced Czechia Hradec Králové's goalkeeper Bonito Marschall to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yordan Prashtilski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 25 minutes into the match, Czechia Hradec Králové's goal looked a bit too open when Prokopi Basarov came free, but Bonito Marschall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Вежен's Gercho Mantarkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonard Kobylka in the 26th minute of play. Gercho Mantarkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonard Kobylka, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Milan Harabaliev's late challenge caught a Czechia Hradec Králové's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Milan Harabaliev helped the player get up and apologised. In the 30th match minute, Вежен was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Milan Harabaliev to maneuver through the defense. In the 32nd match minute, Czechia Hradec Králové was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Přemysl Hanzel to maneuver through the defense. Anko Katincharov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 33rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bonito Marschall. Czechia Hradec Králové's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuri Velkov in the 35th minute of play forced Czechia Hradec Králové's goalkeeper Bonito Marschall to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Вежен's zone, Leonard Kobylka stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gercho Mantarkov came out of the goal and Leonard Kobylka tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bonito Marschall took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yuri Velkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 44th minute, Vitan Tzutzekov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomáš Urbančík took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gercho Mantarkov. Gercho Mantarkov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomáš Urbančík to make the kick off. Czechia Hradec Králové's Bonito Marschall played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Prokopi Basarov in the 53rd minute of play. 55 minutes into the match, Czechia Hradec Králové's goalkeeper Bonito Marschall had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yuri Velkov. After 56 minutes, Vasil Kalfov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Вежен and the Czechia Hradec Králové players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 56th minute, Vasil Kalfov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leonard Kobylka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 61st minute, Leonard Kobylka left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Czechia Hradec Králové fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After a defensive mix-up in Вежен's zone, Leonard Kobylka stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gercho Mantarkov came out of the goal and Leonard Kobylka tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Tomáš Urbančík had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gercho Mantarkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonard Kobylka, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Tomislav Manchev kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Tomáš Urbančík sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 76 minutes into the match, Вежен's goal looked a bit too open when Benjamin Borský came free, but Gercho Mantarkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vasil Kalfov kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Gercho Mantarkov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomáš Urbančík went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Gercho Mantarkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamin Borský in the 89th minute of play. Prokopi Basarov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bonito Marschall having to interfere. 98 minutes into the game, Czechia Hradec Králové's Tomáš Urbančík nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gercho Mantarkov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Czechia Hradec Králové's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.