U23 League

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Boncho Zhilev got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of FC Kukova booed when DARAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nano Mitrashkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 8 minutes, Anton Šindler successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Dobrin Beremov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viktor Minár, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Anton Šindler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boncho Zhilev in the 14th minute of play. In the 15th minute, Gabriel Kabát ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dobrin Beremov was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Dobrin Beremov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Kabát, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Dobrin Beremov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dušan Vlach, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Dobrin Beremov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriel Kabát, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th match minute, DARAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nano Mitrashkov to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, DARAS's Iliya Kasabov got a free kick in the 32nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viktor Minár in the 35th minute of play forced DARAS's goalkeeper Dobrin Beremov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iliya Kasabov charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Iliya Kasabov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 41st match minute, DARAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iliya Kasabov to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of FC Kukova booed when DARAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iliya Kasabov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dušan Vlach, 43 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. The DARAS players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC Kukova were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Gabriel Kabát made the kick off in the second half. Anton Šindler showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toni Nenchev, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. 53 minutes into the match, DARAS's goalkeeper Dobrin Beremov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dušan Vlach. Dobrin Beremov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dušan Vlach in the 56th minute. Dobrin Beremov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Kabát in the 57th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Gabriel Kabát's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dobrin Beremov was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. When Nano Mitrashkov was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 66 minutes had been played. In the 67th match minute, DARAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nano Mitrashkov to maneuver through the defense. DARAS's Gavril Bratovanov was substituted for Grisha Dragulev. DARAS's Kostadin Mazhdrakov was substituted for Toni Nenchev. After 68 played minutes DARAS got a freekick which was hit by Nano Mitrashkov. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Dušan Vlach took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Dobrin Beremov to make any attempt to save it. 73 minutes into the game, FC Kukova's Gabriel Kabát nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dobrin Beremov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Kukova's Dušan Vlach slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dobrin Beremov. That made the score 0-4 after 76 minutes of play. In the 79th minute, FC Kukova's Dušan Vlach ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dobrin Beremov. Dobrin Beremov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Iliya Kasabov hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in DARAS's zone, Dušan Vlach stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dobrin Beremov came out of the goal and Dušan Vlach tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 92 minutes into the match, DARAS's goal looked a bit too open when Dušan Vlach came free, but Dobrin Beremov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Kukova's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.