U21 League

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Ulan Bator Football Club's Roano Santome started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roano Santome in the 14th minute of play forced DARAS's goalkeeper Vute Baliev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vute Baliev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roano Santome in the 15th minute of play. Nano Mitrashkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Etienne van Hacht having to interfere. Arthur-Maurits Verlinden kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. After 23 played minutes Ulan Bator Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Jurgen Tobbackers. Etienne van Hacht made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nano Mitrashkov in the 24th minute of play. The supporters of DARAS booed when Ulan Bator Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roano Santome didn't get a good kick on the ball. 37 minutes into the match, Ulan Bator Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Boncho Zhilev came free, but Etienne van Hacht reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vute Baliev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roano Santome in the 38th minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, Ulan Bator Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Nano Mitrashkov came free, but Etienne van Hacht reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Ulan Bator Football Club booed when DARAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antim Karamanski didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roano Santome in the 48th minute of play forced DARAS's goalkeeper Vute Baliev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Boncho Zhilev made a kick off. Etienne van Hacht made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nano Mitrashkov in the 62nd minute of play. In the 69th minute Boncho Zhilev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Etienne van Hacht saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ulan Bator Football Club's Josef Vereeken got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Roano Santome's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vute Baliev was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Etienne van Hacht made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boncho Zhilev in the 75th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nano Mitrashkov in the 76th minute of play forced Ulan Bator Football Club's goalkeeper Etienne van Hacht to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Josef Vereeken's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 78thth minute, Vute Baliev skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Antim Karamanski during the 79th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Antim Karamanski kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Xu Xing Nan hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. After 83 played minutes, DARAS's Zahari Kerekov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Etienne van Hacht came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in DARAS reached it. Wes Volens kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Etienne van Hacht showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boncho Zhilev in the 89th minute of the match. Vute Baliev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roano Santome, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Nano Mitrashkov hit a great ball. Arthur-Maurits Verlinden hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Vute Baliev came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by Ulan Bator Football Club's Roano Santome. But to his dismay, Roano Santome quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The Ulan Bator Football Club players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.