U21 World League

Миньор
Spectators: 7686 (Terracing: 5765, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Juan Telo kicked off to start the match. The audience was convinced that Stancho Gyuzelev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Claudio Dantel was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. In the 16th match minute, La Maquina 9-12-18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roque Boniel to maneuver through the defense. Stancho Gyuzelev in the 22ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Claudio Dantel, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Tzanko Bogatev struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Claudio Dantel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ПФК Миньор Раднево. 30 minutes into the game, one of ПФК Миньор Раднево:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After a rather tough play, ПФК Миньор Раднево's Stancho Karev got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Venancio Etor made in the 36th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ПФК Миньор Раднево's Tzanko Bogatev. La Maquina 9-12-18's Claudio Dantel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save La Maquina 9-12-18 from getting a goal against them. In the 41st match minute, ПФК Миньор Раднево was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Kulekov to maneuver through the defense. Claudio Dantel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Kulekov, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. After 45 minutes La Maquina 9-12-18's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nayden Statkov who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of La Maquina 9-12-18's goalie and right to Ventzislav Genovski. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. La Maquina 9-12-18's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. When Teofilo Ofelio fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Maquina 9-12-18's protests and gave Teofilo Ofelio a yellow card for diving instead. Teofilo Ofelio hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tzanko Bogatev was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of La Maquina 9-12-18 booed when ПФК Миньор Раднево was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tzanko Bogatev didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the La Maquina 9-12-18 defense, Rafail Dumanov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Claudio Dantel. The La Maquina 9-12-18 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Claudio Dantel should have stopped the shot. Tzanko Bogatev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Claudio Dantel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, La Maquina 9-12-18's Teofilo Ofelio got a free kick in the 69th minute. Claudio Dantel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ivan Kulekov's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. After 85 played minutes La Maquina 9-12-18 got a freekick which was hit by Venancio Etor. Claudio Dantel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivan Kulekov in the 86th minute of play. In the 94th minute, Marco Sergi fired a really elegant long shot, but Ivo Faria threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post.