World League

San Zero
Spectators: 7441 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 148) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kevin Martinsson kicked off to start the match. With a little luck, Tigers of Bistritsa's Stanislav Deribeev got control of the ball when Algot Granqvist tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tigers of Bistritsa's Stanislav Deribeev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tobias Fransson in the 14th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viden Rendakov in the 16th minute of play forced The Loyal ones's goalkeeper Sven-Oskar Stensson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 22 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Viden Rendakov sped through The Loyal ones's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Sven-Oskar Stensson. Algot Granqvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Tigers of Bistritsa getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Vitomir Balakov hit a great ball. When Krister Hedlund fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored The Loyal ones's protests and gave Krister Hedlund a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to The Loyal ones getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Krister Hedlund hit a great ball. In the 30th minute Viden Rendakov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sven-Oskar Stensson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36thth minute of the game Algot Granqvist who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tigers of Bistritsa's Stanislav Deribeev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 40th match minute, The Loyal ones was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gustav Valström to maneuver through the defense. 0-3 became the score in the 41st minute when Yoncho Georgiev elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The supporters of Tigers of Bistritsa booed when The Loyal ones was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Charlie Backman didn't get a good kick on the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Viden Rendakov to make the kick off. Sven-Oskar Stensson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Viden Rendakov went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. In the 55th match minute, Tigers of Bistritsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lyudmil Klichev to maneuver through the defense. Algot Granqvist hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Stanislav Deribeev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krister Hedlund in the 65th minute of play. In the 67th minute of the match The Loyal ones got a corner. Tigers of Bistritsa's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gustav Valström ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Gustav Valström almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Tigers of Bistritsa's Stanislav Deribeev did a great save. In the 69th minute, Rikard Källberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The The Loyal ones fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. The audience was convinced that Viden Rendakov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sven-Oskar Stensson was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. The supporters of The Loyal ones booed when Tigers of Bistritsa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vitomir Balakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 97 played minutes Tigers of Bistritsa got a freekick which was hit by Trendafil Etov. The The Loyal ones supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Tigers of Bistritsa's performance. The match ended with a win for Tigers of Bistritsa.