U21 World League

CSKA
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) LİONS PEAK's Kadim Argun started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 3 minutes, Bilyan Kazandzhiev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CSKA and the LİONS PEAK players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 3rd minute, Bilyan Kazandzhiev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aleko Karabozhilov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gencay Şerif, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of CSKA booed when LİONS PEAK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. İsmail Tansoy didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yaşar Harmandalı hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Yaşar Harmandalı scored 0-1 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aleko Karabozhilov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, LİONS PEAK's Altay Akgöze got a free kick in the 20th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Tzolo Poleganov heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Aleko Karabozhilov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Korhan Türkol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kadim Argun in the 34th minute of play forced CSKA's goalkeeper Aleko Karabozhilov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 36th play minutes Korhan Türkol shot 0-2, a short shot which went by Aleko Karabozhilov and just under the crossbar into goal. Aleko Karabozhilov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gencay Şerif in the 41st minute of the match. Aleko Karabozhilov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yaşar Harmandalı in the 42nd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Korhan Türkol managed to get in a good position for a shot. LİONS PEAK's supporters rose to their feet, but Korhan Türkol was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aleko Karabozhilov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Parvan Tzolov made a kick off. In the 51st minute, Parvan Tzolov made a precise shot to the right of Bayram Yetkin. LİONS PEAK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. The crowd rose to their feet as Yaşar Harmandalı kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aleko Karabozhilov. That made the score 1-3 in the 55 minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 58 minutes, Aleko Karabozhilov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Aleko Karabozhilov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kadim Argun in the 60th minute of the match. CSKA's Aleko Karabozhilov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save CSKA from getting a goal against them. Aleko Karabozhilov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Korhan Türkol went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Yulian Serafimov's late challenge caught a LİONS PEAK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yulian Serafimov helped the player get up and apologised. After 78 played minutes CSKA got a freekick which was hit by Yulian Serafimov. After some careless play in the CSKA defense, Yaşar Harmandalı kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aleko Karabozhilov. The CSKA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aleko Karabozhilov should have stopped the shot. 83 minutes into the match, Yaşar Harmandalı had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aleko Karabozhilov. CSKA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yaşar Harmandalı was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-7. Aleko Karabozhilov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kadim Argun in the 88th minute of the match. 93 minutes into the game, Korhan Türkol was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. LİONS PEAK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave CSKA the free kick. A collision led to LİONS PEAK getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Korhan Türkol hit a great ball. Aleko Karabozhilov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Korhan Türkol went, in the 97th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-8 was the resulting score. The CSKA fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. LİONS PEAK were clearly better and deserved to take the win.