U23 World League

Endzhekoy Stadion
Spectators: 7437 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 144) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rafael Calisto kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Calisto in the 3rd minute of play forced FC Endzhekoy's goalkeeper Grisha Hlebarski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 10 minutes, Silverio Cordara successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 22 minutes, Yosif Cholashki mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Endzhekoy and the C.A.Esparta players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 21st minute, one of FC Endzhekoy:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC Endzhekoy. The referee gave C.A.Esparta a penalty, 23 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Leonel Fagildo, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of FC Endzhekoy's Grisha Hlebarski. 0-1. Grisha Hlebarski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eusebio Urbasa in the 30th minute of the match. Silverio Cordara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nencho Gichev in the 33rd minute of play. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind C.A.Esparta's goalkeeper Silverio Cordara, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 36th match minute, FC Endzhekoy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Biser Tzanchev to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of FC Endzhekoy booed when C.A.Esparta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teodosio Raymundo didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zhecho Dragomanov got free with Silverio Cordara in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nencho Gichev to make the kick off. Elenko Múzhkarov lost his temper 52 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. When the match had been going on for 54 minutes, C.A.Esparta's Leonel Fagildo got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Grisha Hlebarski. FC Endzhekoy's Grisha Hlebarski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save FC Endzhekoy from getting a goal against them. When Stefan Kúrkov fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Endzhekoy's protests and gave Stefan Kúrkov a yellow card for diving instead. Stefan Kúrkov hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. 61 minutes into the game, Godfredo Nuñez recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Grisha Hlebarski. Godfredo Nuñez showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. Silverio Cordara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stefan Kúrkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. After a rather tough play, C.A.Esparta's Eustaquio Otsando got a free kick in the 68th minute. A collision led to FC Endzhekoy getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Evlogi Kolushki hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, FC Endzhekoy's Zhecho Dragomanov got a free kick in the 75th minute. In the 77th minute Rafael Calisto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grisha Hlebarski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Rafael Calisto came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the C.A.Esparta fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Rafael Calisto couldn't finish the play. After 88 played minutes Ceferino Miro rounded FC Endzhekoy's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-4. Teodosio Raymundo kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. C.A.Esparta's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.