U23 World League

Keleler
Spectators: 7604 (Terracing: 5704, Seating: 1749, VIP seats: 151) Song Jun started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of VN Keleler booed when Nagrand was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Prime Rajah didn't get a good kick on the ball. Serafim Búrzakov might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Didi Gonçalves. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Serafim Búrzakov ran back to his position shaking his head. 9 minutes into the game, Gabriel Mathews cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Lyubcho Ruychev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Nagrand's Didi Gonçalves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Song Jun in the 12th minute of play. After a rather tough play, VN Keleler's Gavril Gevechanov got a free kick in the 13th minute. After 16 minutes of play, Nagrand's 程洲荣 made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lyubcho Ruychev was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Song Jun in the 18th minute of play forced Nagrand's goalkeeper Didi Gonçalves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 19 played minutes VN Keleler got a freekick which was hit by Gavril Gevechanov. Lyubcho Ruychev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Mathews, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. If Azam Tan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 27th minute, 程洲荣 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nagrand fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Didi Gonçalves made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Nikola Kotkov sent off a good shot on target. Azam Tan's late challenge caught a VN Keleler's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Azam Tan helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Nagrand's Azam Tan got a free kick in the 31st minute. With a little luck, Nagrand's Didi Gonçalves got control of the ball when Nikola Kotkov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 33rd minute Song Jun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Didi Gonçalves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34thth minute of the game Song Jun who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nagrand's Didi Gonçalves was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 36 minutes, Daniel Dragnev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VN Keleler's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Dragnev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Azam Tan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 41 minutes into the game, 程洲荣 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Lyubcho Ruychev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 程洲荣 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Lyubcho Ruychev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 45th minute, Didi Kool got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Elenko Ikov hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikola Kotkov in the 54th minute of play forced Nagrand's goalkeeper Didi Gonçalves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Azam Tan was shown his second yellow card after 55 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Azam Tan hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Didi Gonçalves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Song Jun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikola Kotkov took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Didi Gonçalves. Didi Gonçalves dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-5. In the 62nd match minute, Nagrand was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afiz Hee to maneuver through the defense. 65 minutes into the game, Nikola Kotkov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-5. Didi Gonçalves was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 69th minute, Song Jun got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 70th minute Gavril Gevechanov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Didi Gonçalves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. VN Keleler's Gavril Gevechanov managed to work through Nagrand's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Gavril Gevechanov dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. In the 72nd minute 程洲荣 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lyubcho Ruychev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Didi Gonçalves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikola Kotkov in the 74th minute of the match. In the 77th minute Serafim Pekin suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. 程洲荣 charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 程洲荣 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 79th match minute, Nagrand was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 程洲荣 to maneuver through the defense. 程洲荣 had several of the VN Keleler's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 80 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-6 score and a disappointed Lyubcho Ruychev as he didn't even see the shot coming. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikola Kotkov in the 84th minute of play forced Nagrand's goalkeeper Didi Gonçalves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Nagrand fans' excitement grew in the 85th match minute when Nagrand's 程洲荣 looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Gabriel Mathews sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Gabriel Mathews received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Lyubcho Ruychev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikola Kotkov in the 90th minute of play forced Nagrand's goalkeeper Didi Gonçalves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. VN Keleler's Lyubcho Ruychev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Mathews in the 92nd minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Nagrand walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.