Challenge

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sandro Galishoff started the match with the kick off. Toni Nenchev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Austria getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Marc Kronecker hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Nano Mitrashkov managed to get in a good position for a shot. DARAS's supporters rose to their feet, but Nano Mitrashkov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fabio Auer breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 24 played minutes Austria got a freekick which was hit by Leonhard Maier. In the 26th minute, Toni Nenchev got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Boncho Zhilev got free with Fabio Auer in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Iliya Kasabov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabio Auer having to interfere. A collision led to Austria getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Marc Kronecker hit a great ball. DARAS's Nano Mitrashkov got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Austria's Fabio Auer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toni Nenchev in the 36th minute of play. DARAS's Nano Mitrashkov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Fabio Auer in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When Toni Nenchev came up free with the goalie in the 40th 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 Toni Nenchev couldn't finish the play. Fabio Auer was a little too slow when Boncho Zhilev got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 47th minute. The score was now 1-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Boncho Zhilev made the kick off in the second half. When Nano Mitrashkov came up free with the goalie in the 62nd 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. DARAS made a substitution. Kostadin Mazhdrakov replaced Toni Nenchev. After 65 played minutes DARAS got a freekick which was hit by Nano Mitrashkov. 73 minutes into the game, Boncho Zhilev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Fabio Auer was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. DARAS made a substitution. Gavril Bratovanov replaced Grisha Dragulev. After a rather tough play, Austria's Jonas Nalder got a free kick in the 85th minute. In the 94th minute, Kostadin Mazhdrakov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Fabio Auer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gavril Bratovanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. DARAS walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.