U23 World League

Arena Danone
Spectators: 7695 (Terracing: 5772, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kiril Kratunkov started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, Sasho Temkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Yanko Karaivanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Szczepan Mosiniak, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. The supporters of Danone CC booed when DOROSTOL Ss was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Slaveyko Tzotzev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Szczepan Mosiniak was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 14th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 15 played minutes Danone CC got a freekick which was hit by Júnior Veloso. Yanko Karaivanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Senna, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. After having played for 25 minutes, Evrosi Zdravkov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. DOROSTOL Ss's supporters crossed their fingers, but Evrosi Zdravkov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fausto Senna got free with Yanko Karaivanov in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Yanko Karaivanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Júnior Veloso in the 30th minute of the match. Laerte Bittencourt hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Otávio Massa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kiril Kratunkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

Yanko Karaivanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fausto Senna in the 52nd minute of play. Yanko Karaivanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Szczepan Mosiniak in the 53rd minute of play. After some careless play in the DOROSTOL Ss defense, Júnior Veloso kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yanko Karaivanov. The DOROSTOL Ss fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yanko Karaivanov should have stopped the shot. Otávio Massa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kiril Kratunkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Júnior Veloso in the 62nd minute of play forced DOROSTOL Ss's goalkeeper Yanko Karaivanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Szczepan Mosiniak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yanko Karaivanov was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Júnior Veloso's late challenge caught a DOROSTOL Ss's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Júnior Veloso helped the player get up and apologised. Júnior Veloso hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Yanko Karaivanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Senna, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Yanko Karaivanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Júnior Veloso, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Fausto Senna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yanko Karaivanov having to interfere. 76 minutes into the game, Danone CC's Fausto Senna nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yanko Karaivanov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Júlio Pena in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yanko Karaivanov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Danone CC's Júnior Veloso got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 88th match minute, DOROSTOL Ss was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivo Suvandzhiev to maneuver through the defense. Kostadin Desov's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Otávio Massa firmly grabbed it by the left post. Kostadin Desov kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match.