U23 World League

Stadio Cesco Totti
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Mátyás Bolla started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of VN Keleler booed when Grandi Lupi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gáspár Kónya didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tivadar Lovas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Angel Vardarov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lyubcho Ruychev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Róbert Seres in the 6th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Grandi Lupi's Róbert Seres slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Lyubcho Ruychev. That made the score 1-0 after 7 minutes of play. VN Keleler's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Róbert Seres 12 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-0. 17 minutes into the match, Róbert Seres dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Lyubcho Ruychev, 3-0. When Róbert Seres came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Grandi Lupi 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 Róbert Seres couldn't finish the play. Grozdan Vrazhalski hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Tamás Túri, 24 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Lyubcho Ruychev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mátyás Bolla went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. After 30 played minutes Grandi Lupi got a freekick which was hit by Mátyás Bolla. After 31 played minutes, VN Keleler's Grozdan Chapkúnov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Tivadar Lovas came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in VN Keleler reached it. In the 33rd minute, Róbert Seres left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Grandi Lupi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Mátyás Bolla succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 6-0 in the 38th playminute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 6-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Yani Popisakov was the one to do the kick off. Egon Győrffy hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Róbert Seres in the 62nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lyubcho Ruychev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Rostislav Mazakov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Tivadar Lovas made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mátyás Bolla in the 70th minute of play forced VN Keleler's goalkeeper Lyubcho Ruychev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 75th play minutes Róbert Seres shot 8-0, a short shot which went by Lyubcho Ruychev and just under the crossbar into goal. When the match clock showed 82 minutes, the score became 9-0 when Róbert Seres sped through VN Keleler's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lyubcho Ruychev. After a defensive mix-up in VN Keleler's zone, Mátyás Bolla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lyubcho Ruychev came out of the goal and Mátyás Bolla tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A throw-in in the 90th minute of the game was made by Serafim Pekin with Angel Vardarov as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Mátyás Bolla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Grandi Lupi's supporters rose to their feet, but Mátyás Bolla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lyubcho Ruychev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 94th minute, Andrey Yachkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Róbert Seres might have been able to make a better finish in the 96th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lyubcho Ruychev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Róbert Seres ran back to his position shaking his head. Grandi Lupi's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.