Challenge

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Metod Mlynar got the match started through his kick off. Slovakia's Metod Mlynar got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Rumen Dzhananov hit a great ball. 22 minutes into the match, Slovakia's goalkeeper Henrich Slany had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Toni Nenchev. In the 24thth minute of the game Boncho Zhilev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Slovakia's Henrich Slany was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Metod Mlynar in the 28th minute of play forced DARAS's goalkeeper Dobrin Beremov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute Boncho Zhilev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrich Slany saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 32 minutes into the match, Slovakia's goal looked a bit too open when Boncho Zhilev came free, but Henrich Slany reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 34th minute, Boncho Zhilev made a precise shot to the right of Henrich Slany. Slovakia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Metod Mlynar in the 37th minute of play forced DARAS's goalkeeper Dobrin Beremov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Slovakia were awarded a corner in the 39th minute after DARAS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pavol Koleno took the corner. The corner led Slovakia's Pavol Koleno to fire away a dangerous shot which Dobrin Beremov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Toni Nenchev who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 41stth minute tested the skills of Henrich Slany when he managed to save the team from getting behind. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Boncho Zhilev in the 59th minute of play forced Slovakia's goalkeeper Henrich Slany to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 62nd minute, Metod Mlynar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zahari Kerekov during the 63rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Slovakia getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Ondrej Biskup hit a great ball. DARAS made a substitution. Gavril Bratovanov replaced Grisha Dragulev. In the 68th minute, Ondrej Biskup hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute, Nano Mitrashkov sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Slovakia's Henrich Slany didn't even have to move. Kostadin Mazhdrakov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Henrich Slany tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Henrich Slany made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boncho Zhilev in the 73rd minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, Boncho Zhilev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Henrich Slany. Slovakia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Boncho Zhilev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. When Nano Mitrashkov came up free with the goalie in the 80th 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vavrinec Koleno during the 82nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 82nd minute, Vavrinec Koleno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 84th minute Boncho Zhilev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrich Slany saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 85 minutes into the match, Slovakia's goal looked a bit too open when Kostadin Mazhdrakov came free, but Henrich Slany reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of DARAS booed when Slovakia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Metod Mlynar didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 95th minute of the match Nano Mitrashkov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Henrich Slany showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Metod Mlynar charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Metod Mlynar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 95 played minutes Slovakia got a freekick which was hit by Metod Mlynar. After 96 played minutes, DARAS's Nano Mitrashkov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Henrich Slany 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. DARAS's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.