U21 World League

JET-Arena
Spectators: 7673 (Terracing: 5755, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) Chavdar Penkochev started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd minute the ball was on its way in behind JET-M's goalkeeper Boyan Stumbov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 5 minutes, Timos Karahalios mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Unione Sportiva and the JET-M players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th match minute, Unione Sportiva was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timos Karahalios to maneuver through the defense. 12 minutes into the match, Unione Sportiva's goalkeeper Aigyptos Kouklakis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lachezar Ralovski. When Benjamin Pavard, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 17 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Aigyptos Kouklakis was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as Denimir Katerski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aigyptos Kouklakis. That made the score 1-0 in the 18 minute of play. JET-M's Pencho Nyagulov couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 24th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Unione Sportiva. JET-M's Denimir Katerski got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Chavdar Penkochev charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Chavdar Penkochev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, JET-M's Benjamin Pavard got a free kick in the 33rd minute. After a rather tough play, Unione Sportiva's Poias Nikolakopoulos got a free kick in the 34th minute. Aigyptos Kouklakis made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Denimir Katerski sent off a good shot on target. In the 41st minute Lachezar Ralovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aigyptos Kouklakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to JET-M getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Borimir Rasolkov hit a great ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Svetoslav Itzov took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aigyptos Kouklakis. Aigyptos Kouklakis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Aigyptos Kouklakis came out of the goal in the 55th minute to try and stop a shot by JET-M's Svetoslav Itzov. But to his dismay, Svetoslav Itzov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. In the 59th minute, Serafim Barakovski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th minute of the match Antaios Tsangaris shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Boyan Stumbov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denimir Katerski in the 64th minute of play forced Unione Sportiva's goalkeeper Aigyptos Kouklakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aigyptos Kouklakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Denimir Katerski in the 65th minute of the match. Apsyrtos Papadelias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boyan Stumbov having to interfere. JET-M made a substitution. Gavril Kulin replaced Radoslav Kúsmetski. Unione Sportiva's Aigyptos Kouklakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denimir Katerski in the 73rd minute of play. In the 75th match minute, Unione Sportiva was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antaios Tsangaris to maneuver through the defense. Aigyptos Kouklakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lachezar Ralovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 79 minutes into the game, Denimir Katerski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Aigyptos Kouklakis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Unione Sportiva getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Alpheios Polymenakou hit a great ball. 94 minutes into the match, Unione Sportiva's goal looked a bit too open when Slavi Goryanov came free, but Aigyptos Kouklakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee ended the match the JET-M players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.