U23 World League

Dream team
Spectators: 7522 (Terracing: 5642, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Argir Goshev started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Argir Goshev in the 6th minute of play forced VN Keleler's goalkeeper Stanimir Dragnev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stanimir Dragnev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Spiro Getzov in the 8th minute of play. After 9 played minutes Blue avalanche got a freekick which was hit by Benislav Tzankovski. After 14 played minutes Blue avalanche got a freekick which was hit by Ikonom Kopchev. In the 15th minute, a hard, long distance shot from Andon Hristovski hit the top of the crossbar and flew over the goal. A collision led to Blue avalanche getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Wei Yi Hong hit a great ball. In the 18th minute, Blue avalanche's Ikonom Kopchev seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ikonom Kopchev the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Blue avalanche protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ikonom Kopchev had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee gave VN Keleler a penalty, 20 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Andon Hristovski, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Blue avalanche's Manuel Noyer. 0-1. In the 23rd minute, Levent Osenov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Manuel Noyer was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Manuel Noyer came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by VN Keleler's Levent Osenov. But to his dismay, Levent Osenov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Stanimir Dragnev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Borimir Shirov in the 29th minute. Blue avalanche's Argir Goshev suffered a sore thigh after 30 minutes and couldn't finish the game. When Miro Vladikov fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored VN Keleler's protests and gave Miro Vladikov a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to VN Keleler getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Miro Vladikov hit a great ball. Manuel Noyer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boycho Lipev in the 36th minute of play. Borimir Shirov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stanimir Dragnev having to interfere. In the 39th minute Levent Osenov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Noyer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Manuel Noyer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vangel Dzhubeliev in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 46th match minute, Blue avalanche was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Borimir Shirov to maneuver through the defense. In the 47th minute of the match Miro Vladikov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Manuel Noyer showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After the first half VN Keleler were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vangel Dzhubeliev stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Alphonso Davies hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th minute, VN Keleler's Boycho Lipev dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Boycho Lipev got free with Manuel Noyer in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Manuel Noyer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vangel Dzhubeliev in the 65th minute of the match. The throw-in from Vangel Dzhubeliev in the 69th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Blue avalanche's Benislav Tzankovski. The audience thought a goal was coming when Levent Osenov got free with Manuel Noyer in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vangel Dzhubeliev in the 76th minute of play forced Blue avalanche's goalkeeper Manuel Noyer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manuel Noyer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Levent Osenov in the 81st minute. In the 84th minute, Vangel Dzhubeliev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Manuel Noyer was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boycho Lipev in the 89th minute of play forced Blue avalanche's goalkeeper Manuel Noyer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Blue avalanche getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Valcho Avramov hit a great ball. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. VN Keleler walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.