U18 World League

Стадион Вежен
Spectators: 7741 (Terracing: 5807, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) In the 3rd minute, Andy Petak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Desislav Dimiev in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Robert Behrens prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tibor Merczak's late challenge caught a Вежен's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tibor Merczak helped the player get up and apologised. Dochko Maradzhiev took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 8th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Robert Behrens. StopBuyingToken's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 11 minutes into the game, Stefan-Benjamin Divis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Stoil Batkov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 18 minutes of play, StopBuyingToken's Hannes Scheppach made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stoil Batkov was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Вежен getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Nenko Lenkov hit a great ball. Robert Behrens made an important save on a dangerous shot by Desislav Dimiev in the 25th minute. Вежен's Stoil Batkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hartmut Bear in the 31st minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in StopBuyingToken's zone, Stanoy Golomehov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Robert Behrens came out of the goal and Stanoy Golomehov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Вежен getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Stefan Vasev hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Вежен defense, Jonas Rein kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stoil Batkov. The Вежен fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stoil Batkov should have stopped the shot. In the 47thth minute of the game Desislav Dimiev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but StopBuyingToken's Robert Behrens was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Desislav Dimiev stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Robert Behrens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanoy Golomehov in the 54th minute of the match. Robert Behrens came out of the goal in the 55th minute to try and stop a shot by Вежен's Desislav Dimiev. But to his dismay, Desislav Dimiev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Stanoy Golomehov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Robert Behrens having to interfere. After 61 played minutes StopBuyingToken got a freekick which was hit by Andy Petak. Robert Behrens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Desislav Dimiev, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. When the match clock showed 66 minutes, the score became 2-3 when Desislav Dimiev sped through StopBuyingToken's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Robert Behrens. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Desislav Dimiev in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Robert Behrens prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Robert Behrens stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stanoy Golomehov's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. When Desislav Dimiev fell near the penalty area in the 74th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Вежен's protests and gave Desislav Dimiev a yellow card for diving instead. Stefan-Benjamin Divis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Stoil Batkov made a huge save. Stoil Batkov was out of position in the 77 minute of play, and Stefan-Benjamin Divis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Stefan-Benjamin Divis really showed his touch with that goal: 2-4. Stefan Vasev kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, StopBuyingToken's Hartmut Bear got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stanoy Golomehov in the 84th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Robert Behrens prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 88th minute, Tibor Merczak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. StopBuyingToken's Robert Behrens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Desislav Dimiev in the 89th minute of play. Klaus-Dieter Baumgart charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Klaus-Dieter Baumgart the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 90 minutes into the game, one of StopBuyingToken:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. StopBuyingToken's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.