U23 League

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Alexi Niklin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toni Nenchev in the 3rd minute of play. When Vinnie Jones fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored DARAS's protests and gave Vinnie Jones a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Vinnie Jones hit a great ball. After some careless play in the SEA FALCONS defense, Toni Nenchev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alexi Niklin. The SEA FALCONS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alexi Niklin should have stopped the shot. When Marc Apelkvist fell near the penalty area in the 10th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored DARAS's protests and gave Marc Apelkvist a yellow card for diving instead. In the 10th match minute, DARAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marc Apelkvist to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of DARAS booed when SEA FALCONS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vanko Nikovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. SEA FALCONS's Alexi Niklin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save SEA FALCONS from getting a goal against them. 26 minutes into the match, DARAS's Toni Nenchev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alexi Niklin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 29th minute, DARAS's Toni Nenchev dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. Alexi Niklin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ildefonso Frascuelo in the 32nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in DARAS's zone, Dimo Sahatchiev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sandro Ormea came out of the goal and Dimo Sahatchiev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Stoil Zakov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 40 minutes into the match, SEA FALCONS's goalkeeper Alexi Niklin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ildefonso Frascuelo. Toni Nenchev's late challenge caught a SEA FALCONS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Toni Nenchev helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Toni Nenchev hit a great ball. Dobrin Bondzhov's late challenge caught a DARAS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dobrin Bondzhov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 47th minute, Dobrin Bondzhov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Dobrin Bondzhov made a kick off. Toni Nenchev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexi Niklin having to interfere. In the 56th minute, Nedyalko Berberov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th match minute, DARAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nedyalko Berberov to maneuver through the defense. Alexi Niklin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toni Nenchev in the 60th minute of the match. Alexi Niklin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ildefonso Frascuelo, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Alexi Niklin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ildefonso Frascuelo in the 65th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in SEA FALCONS's zone, Ildefonso Frascuelo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alexi Niklin came out of the goal and Ildefonso Frascuelo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. DARAS's Rudi Voeler was substituted for Ildefonso Frascuelo. The supporters of SEA FALCONS booed when DARAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nedyalko Berberov didn't get a good kick on the ball. It was beautiful to see SEA FALCONS's Vanko Nikovski in action when he in the 73rd minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Sandro Ormea came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by SEA FALCONS's Dobrin Bondzhov. But to his dismay, Dobrin Bondzhov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. When Remus Ostoici came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the DARAS 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 Remus Ostoici couldn't finish the play. Rudi Voeler took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alexi Niklin. Alexi Niklin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. 91 minutes into the game, Rudi Voeler cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Alexi Niklin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. DARAS had won after a very even match.