U21 World League

Sowliny Arena
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) The audience thought a goal was coming when Jyayas Jayo got free with Valeri Buchkov in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 10 played minutes Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007 got a freekick which was hit by Mikolaj Filipowski. The supporters of Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007 booed when FC Berkovtsi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Slavi Gúrdanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Mikolaj Filipowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, FC Berkovtsi's Penyo Karatodorov got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Penyo Karatodorov kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. After 27 minutes of play, Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007's Jyayas Jayo made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valeri Buchkov was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 30 played minutes FC Berkovtsi got a freekick which was hit by Penyo Karatodorov. 34 minutes into the match, Eugeniusz Lenertej notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of FC Berkovtsi's Valeri Buchkov. Valeri Buchkov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 39 minutes into the match, Wit Zecman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Valeri Buchkov. FC Berkovtsi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wit Zecman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Goran Punchev stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Goran Punchev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience was convinced that Jyayas Jayo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Valeri Buchkov was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Penyo Karatodorov's late challenge caught a Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Penyo Karatodorov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 60th minute, Penyo Karatodorov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jyayas Jayo in the 61st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Valeri Buchkov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Goran Punchev managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Berkovtsi's supporters rose to their feet, but Goran Punchev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zbigniew Kolbe breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Penyo Karatodorov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zbigniew Kolbe having to interfere. Slavi Gúrdanov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zbigniew Kolbe came out and tried to block the shot, but Slavi Gúrdanov slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 67th minute. Valeri Buchkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wit Zecman in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 73rd match minute, FC Berkovtsi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Penyo Karatodorov to maneuver through the defense. After 76 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007! Penyo Karatodorov took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zbigniew Kolbe. Zbigniew Kolbe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. After a rather tough play, Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007's Edward Prosowski got a free kick in the 81st minute. In the 84th minute, Wit Zecman 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. Valeri Buchkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Prosowski in the 89th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, FC Berkovtsi's Zbigniew Kolbe threw himself towards the right post 93 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Lyubomir Veselkov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The supporters of Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007 booed when FC Berkovtsi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tzocho Pastirov didn't get a good kick on the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Sowliny ☆☆☆ A.D.2007 had played much better football throughout.