U18 World League

YerBiTa Stadium
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) After a rather tough play, YerBaTerOs's Xicu Hortero got a free kick in the 5th minute. A collision led to Laziali getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Dochko Prúchkov hit a great ball. Valentin Gyudurov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Mendez Gamones tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Laziali's Valentin Gyudurov got a free kick in the 30th minute. Mendez Gamones didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kuncho Padarev went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 40 minutes into the game, Kuncho Padarev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Laziali's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave YerBaTerOs the free kick. The supporters of YerBaTerOs booed when Laziali was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kuncho Padarev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Xicu Hortero hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. In the 45th minute of the match Kuncho Padarev sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mendez Gamones skillfully saved the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Valentin Gyudurov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Laziali getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Vitko Kopev hit a great ball. In the 58th minute, Intriago Saldivar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tihomir Zerdev was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. After 63 minutes, Milcho Tanev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Laziali and the YerBaTerOs players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind YerBaTerOs's goalkeeper Mendez Gamones, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Dochko Prúchkov fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Laziali's protests and gave Dochko Prúchkov a yellow card for diving instead. Dochko Prúchkov hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Erwin Avellano scored 2-1 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tihomir Zerdev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mendez Gamones made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kuncho Padarev in the 80th minute. Salas Justo charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Salas Justo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 81st match minute, YerBaTerOs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Salas Justo to maneuver through the defense. Laziali's Valentin Gyudurov got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, YerBaTerOs's Salas Justo got a free kick in the 86th minute. Kuncho Padarev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mendez Gamones having to interfere. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. YerBaTerOs were victorious despite being under pressure from Laziali for much of the match.