U23 World League

San Morumbi
Spectators: 7565 (Terracing: 5675, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nikola Kotkov started the match with the kick off. Through an outstanding action, after 6 minutes, Zlatan Dzhubeliev successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Nikola Kotkov scored 1-1 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eliseu Melo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 22nd match minute, Inter de São Paulo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fred de Alcântara to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, Бенковски Тетевен's Nikolay Karaatanasov tried to score from far away in the 23rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 27 minutes of play, Бенковски Тетевен's Lazar Galanov made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eliseu Melo was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the Inter de São Paulo defense, Yani Dzhokin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eliseu Melo. The Inter de São Paulo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eliseu Melo should have stopped the shot. In the 38th minute, Rostislav Donovski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eliseu Melo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. After 44 minutes of play, Бенковски Тетевен's Neno Nozharov made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eliseu Melo was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-5.

Eliseu Melo made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Neno Nozharov sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Бенковски Тетевен's Vihren Gatzev got a free kick in the 58th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Бенковски Тетевен's zone, César Alagoano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zlatan Dzhubeliev came out of the goal and César Alagoano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 62nd minute, Inter de São Paulo's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Neno Nozharov fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 75th minute, Neno Nozharov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eliseu Melo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-7. After 83 minutes, Niki Nastev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Бенковски Тетевен and the Inter de São Paulo players grew even worse after the yellow card. Zlatan Dzhubeliev didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Inter de São Paulo's Fiori Munhoz shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-7 in the ordered_time% minute. After 93 played minutes Бенковски Тетевен got a freekick which was hit by Niki Nastev. César Alagoano took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 94th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Zlatan Dzhubeliev. Бенковски Тетевен's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Neno Nozharov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eliseu Melo having to interfere.