U23 World League

Stadio Olimpico
Spectators: 8010 (Terracing: 6009, Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Florinio Sales took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Sava Vapordzhiev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikola Drinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florinio Sales in the 4th minute of play. In the 6th minute Florinio Sales shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikola Drinov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in Cristofer Tejada almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Laziali's Nikola Drinov did a great save. In the 10th minute, Gualberto Abbatte 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. 14 minutes into the match, CSD Concepción's goal looked a bit too open when Sava Vapordzhiev came free, but Nicolás Villamil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nicolás Villamil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vaklin Zhablyanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Nikola Drinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florinio Sales in the 20th minute of play. The CSD Concepción fans' excitement grew in the 24th match minute when CSD Concepción's Florinio Sales looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 26th minute Florinio Sales shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikola Drinov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Florinio Sales managed to get in a good position for a shot. CSD Concepción's supporters rose to their feet, but Florinio Sales was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nikola Drinov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Florinio Sales in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nikola Drinov saved Laziali from getting behind. 33 minutes into the match, Florinio Sales notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Laziali's Nikola Drinov. Nikola Drinov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When CSD Concepción's Florinio Sales in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Laziali's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of CSD Concepción booed when Laziali was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hristofor Ikonomov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 41st minute Florinio Sales shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikola Drinov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sava Vapordzhiev made a kick off. In the 50th match minute, Laziali was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mircho Vetzev to maneuver through the defense. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by Laziali's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cristofer Tejada was slow to take the kick. During this time CSD Concepción's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on CSD Concepción's corner Cristofer Tejada fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Nikola Drinov quite easily take care of the ball. CSD Concepción's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cristofer Tejada in the 55th minute. The corner ended in Cristofer Tejada almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Laziali's Nikola Drinov did a great save. CSD Concepción's Nereo Pola was substituted for Daud Gazale. CSD Concepción's Gabriel Vargas was substituted for Salomone Liendo. CSD Concepción's Onur Ali Cespan was substituted for Florinio Sales. Edmundo Dávila lost his temper 70 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in CSD Concepción fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 69th minute. Penalty! Nicolás Villamil had in the 71stth minute some difficulties stopping Sava Vapordzhiev's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After some careless play in the CSD Concepción defense, Sava Vapordzhiev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nicolás Villamil. The CSD Concepción fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nicolás Villamil should have stopped the shot. Onur Ali Cespans short, quick shot in the 77thth minute got Nikola Drinov to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience was convinced that Sava Vapordzhiev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nicolás Villamil was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. In the 80th minute Sava Vapordzhiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolás Villamil saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicolás Villamil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sava Vapordzhiev in the 87th minute of play. A collision led to CSD Concepción getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Cristofer Tejada hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 93 minutes, the score became 1-6 when Onur Ali Cespan sped through Laziali's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nikola Drinov. Grigor Dombev hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched CSD Concepción eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.