U23 League

The Arena
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dobrin Bondzhov made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 played minutes SEA FALCONS got a freekick which was hit by Dimo Sahatchiev. Christoffel Weets charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Christoffel Weets the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Krasen Búnkov in the 7th minute of play forced Sporting Mambo's goalkeeper Waut Goons to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, SEA FALCONS's Vanko Nikovski got a free kick in the 8th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Dobrin Bondzhov notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Sporting Mambo's Waut Goons. Waut Goons was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, SEA FALCONS's Svetlin Dzhongov got a free kick in the 15th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 17 minutes, Alexi Niklin successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Vanko Nikovski kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. After 20 minutes of play, SEA FALCONS's Krasen Búnkov made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Waut Goons was left in no man's land by his defense there! 23 minutes into the match, SEA FALCONS's goal looked a bit too open when Harold Engelborgh came free, but Alexi Niklin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Sporting Mambo's goal looked a bit too open when Krasen Búnkov came free, but Waut Goons reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Stoil Zakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 29 minutes into the match, Sporting Mambo's goal looked a bit too open when Dobrin Bondzhov came free, but Waut Goons reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alexi Niklin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Christoffel Weets went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 33rd match minute, SEA FALCONS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vanko Nikovski to maneuver through the defense. After 38 played minutes SEA FALCONS got a freekick which was hit by Vanko Nikovski. Waut Goons made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krasen Búnkov in the 42nd minute of play. 43 minutes into the match, Sporting Mambo's goal looked a bit too open when Dobrin Bondzhov came free, but Waut Goons reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 45 minutes into the match, Sporting Mambo's goal looked a bit too open when Dobrin Bondzhov came free, but Waut Goons reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sporting Mambo's Waut Goons played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stoil Zakov in the 46th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dobrin Bondzhov in the 48th minute of play forced Sporting Mambo's goalkeeper Waut Goons to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Harold Engelborgh was the one to do the kick off. Alexi Niklin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christoffel Weets, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sporting Mambo were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after SEA FALCONS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Matthieu Vincke took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Matthieu Vincke got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alexi Niklin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Krasen Búnkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 60th minute Krasen Búnkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Waut Goons saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in SEA FALCONS's zone, Harold Engelborgh stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alexi Niklin came out of the goal and Harold Engelborgh tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Sporting Mambo booed when SEA FALCONS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sasho Marchev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Waut Goons took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dobrin Bondzhov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dobrin Bondzhov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Waut Goons made a huge save. 68 minutes into the game, Etienne Ottevaere was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sporting Mambo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SEA FALCONS the free kick. After 68 played minutes Sporting Mambo got a freekick which was hit by Etienne Ottevaere. In the 74th minute, SEA FALCONS's Krasen Búnkov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Waut Goons. Waut Goons yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. With a little luck, Sporting Mambo's Waut Goons got control of the ball when Dobrin Bondzhov tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 79 minutes, Stoil Zakov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SEA FALCONS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Stoil Zakov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Krasen Búnkov in the 84th minute of play forced Sporting Mambo's goalkeeper Waut Goons to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Waut Goons was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and Krasen Búnkov capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Krasen Búnkov really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. In the 91st minute, Krasen Búnkov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Waut Goons was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. When Yoachim Fondria came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Sporting Mambo 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 Yoachim Fondria couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Harold Engelborgh in the 97th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alexi Niklin saved SEA FALCONS from getting behind. The SEA FALCONS supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing SEA FALCONS would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.