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National Stadium
Spectators: 10303 (Terracing: 7728, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cássio Rocks started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, U21 Bulgaria's Chavdar Shapkarev got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Rosen Karapetrov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 9th minute Cássio Rocks shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tinko Karaburov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 10 minutes, Slavey Krusharov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 Bulgaria and the U21 Brazil players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of U21 Brazil booed when U21 Bulgaria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Slavey Krusharov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tinko Karaburov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chiquinho Nóbrega, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Cássio Albuquerque showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rosen Karapetrov in the 13th minute of the match. In the 14th match minute, U21 Brazil was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lúcio Arósio to maneuver through the defense. Rosen Karapetrov who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 19thth minute tested the skills of Cássio Albuquerque when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 24 minutes into the match, U21 Bulgaria's goal looked a bit too open when Chiquinho Nóbrega came free, but Tinko Karaburov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bruninho Bittencourt hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Cássio Albuquerque showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rosen Karapetrov, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. 27 minutes into the match, U21 Bulgaria's goal looked a bit too open when Cássio Rocks came free, but Tinko Karaburov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cássio Albuquerque made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Rosen Karapetrov sent off a good shot on target. Tinko Karaburov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chiquinho Nóbrega, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. U21 Brazil's Cássio Albuquerque played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rosen Karapetrov in the 36th minute of play. Cássio Albuquerque showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rosen Karapetrov, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Chavdar Shapkarev's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Cássio Albuquerque firmly grabbed it by the left post. Chavdar Shapkarev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Cássio Albuquerque made a huge save. 42 minutes into the match, U21 Brazil's goalkeeper Cássio Albuquerque had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rosen Karapetrov. When the match had gone on for 46 minutes, Rosen Karapetrov took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Cássio Albuquerque to make any attempt to save it.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Chavdar Shapkarev made a kick off. Tinko Karaburov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cido Barral in the 52nd minute. Cássio Albuquerque took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chavdar Shapkarev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Tinko Karaburov managed to avoid a goal in the 59thth minute, when U21 Brazil's Bruninho Bittencourt fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Zlatko Dodov hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Cássio Albuquerque made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rosen Karapetrov in the 65th minute of play. Tinko Karaburov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emanuel Ceresso, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Bruninho Bittencourt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Tinko Karaburov made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Rosen Karapetrov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cássio Albuquerque was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. U21 Bulgaria's defense didn't have a chance, in the 71st minute, when Cássio Rocks scored to the left of an out of position Tinko Karaburov, making the score, 1-1. U21 Bulgaria made a substitution. Vihren Buzov replaced Zlatko Dodov. Cássio Albuquerque showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valkan Chemshirov, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Tinko Karaburov was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Emanuel Ceresso showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 81 minute of play. Bozhko Gardakov's late challenge caught a U21 Brazil's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bozhko Gardakov helped the player get up and apologised. The U21 Brazil supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing U21 Brazil would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.