Friendly League

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adan Veto got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Gergin Bogoev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Prudencio Bernat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 8 minutes into the match, Pedro Christobal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dobrin Beremov. DARAS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pedro Christobal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. DARAS's Dobrin Beremov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adan Veto in the 20th minute of play. Wilfredo Mikelar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Iliya Kasabov in the 27th minute. In the 29th match minute, DARAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antim Karamanski to maneuver through the defense. In the 30th minute, Ovidio Lucian 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 1-2. Dobrin Beremov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Christobal in the 37th minute of play. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Boncho Zhilev hit a great ball. Wilfredo Mikelar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boncho Zhilev in the 47th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-2 at half-time.

Nedyalko Berberov's late challenge caught a Torbellino's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nedyalko Berberov helped the player get up and apologised. Nedyalko Berberov hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Torbellino's Wilfredo Mikelar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toni Nenchev in the 53rd minute of play. 55 minutes into the match, Torbellino's goal looked a bit too open when Toni Nenchev came free, but Wilfredo Mikelar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 57 minutes into the game, Feliciano Justin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Torbellino's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave DARAS the free kick. After a rather tough play, Torbellino's Feliciano Justin got a free kick in the 57th minute. Nedyalko Berberov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 58th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Wilfredo Mikelar. Torbellino's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a rather tough play, Torbellino's Ovidio Lucian got a free kick in the 59th minute. In the 60th 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 Wilfredo Mikelar showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 62 minutes into the game, Nano Mitrashkov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-2. Wilfredo Mikelar was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boncho Zhilev in the 66th minute of play forced Torbellino's goalkeeper Wilfredo Mikelar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th minute, Boncho Zhilev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The DARAS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-2. DARAS's Iliya Kasabov got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, DARAS's Zahari Kerekov got a free kick in the 74th minute. Dobrin Beremov made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Ovidio Lucian sent off a good shot on target. Boncho Zhilev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. DARAS's Dobrin Beremov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save DARAS from getting a goal against them. After 83 minutes of play, DARAS's Boncho Zhilev made it 6-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wilfredo Mikelar was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zahari Kerekov during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Torbellino booed when DARAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zahari Kerekov didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Torbellino getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Ovidio Lucian hit a great ball. After 93 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 Wilfredo Mikelar 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. There was no doubt that DARAS were the better team. DARAS's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.