U18 League

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Boncho Zhilev started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Christijan Oss received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Vute Baliev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nano Mitrashkov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but David Stout made a huge save. In the 13th minute Boncho Zhilev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Stout saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, DARAS's Antim Karamanski got a free kick in the 14th minute. Vute Baliev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christijan Oss in the 17th minute of play. 19 minutes into the match, Diderik Dirks had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vute Baliev. DARAS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Diderik Dirks was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Harris Wijkstra struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Vute Baliev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Decathlon Dudes. After some careless play in the DARAS defense, Diderik Dirks kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vute Baliev. The DARAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vute Baliev should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Decathlon Dudes booed when DARAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antim Karamanski didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ralf Hoekstra in the 41st minute of play forced DARAS's goalkeeper Vute Baliev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Diderik Dirks had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vute Baliev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christijan Oss, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute.

Marcel Jeuring could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Vute Baliev made a huge save. Youri Pronk kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Nano Mitrashkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Stout having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Decathlon Dudes's Youri Pronk got a free kick in the 61st minute. In the 62nd minute, Willem Landzaat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Nano Mitrashkov came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the DARAS 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 Nano Mitrashkov couldn't finish the play. With a little luck, DARAS's Vute Baliev got control of the ball when Harris Wijkstra tried to sneak it across the goal line. With an all-out effort, Decathlon Dudes's Vute Baliev threw himself towards the right post 75 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Diderik Dirks, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 75th minute, Dragan Mangezov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Decathlon Dudes getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Ralf Hoekstra hit a great ball. Decathlon Dudes's David Stout played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Boncho Zhilev in the 86th minute of play. Vute Baliev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christijan Oss in the 87th minute of play. Decathlon Dudes played a much better game than DARAS and deserved their victory. The DARAS players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.