Prized/Friendly Cup

The Bistritsa Jungle
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Tigers of Bistritsa's Yoncho Georgiev started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 4 minutes into the match, Howling Dawn U18's goal looked a bit too open when Dido Trasiev came free, but Santos Hori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Urbano Lidon charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Urbano Lidon the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 4 played minutes Howling Dawn U18 got a freekick which was hit by Urbano Lidon. In the 6th minute Yoncho Georgiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Hori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Tigers of Bistritsa getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Dido Trasiev hit a great ball. If Zeledon Dino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 13th minute, Svetlin Chergarski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 13 minutes, Dalmacio Natal mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Howling Dawn U18 and the Tigers of Bistritsa players grew even worse after the yellow card. 19 minutes into the match, Howling Dawn U18's goalkeeper Santos Hori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yoncho Georgiev. A collision led to Tigers of Bistritsa getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Vitomir Balakov hit a great ball. 26 minutes into the match, Yoncho Georgiev notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Howling Dawn U18's Santos Hori. Santos Hori was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Subin Dzhamalov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Bittor in the 33rd minute of play. Howling Dawn U18's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Moises Belo in the 34th minute. Dido Trasiev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Santos Hori made a huge save. Subin Dzhamalov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fidel Espiridion in the 40th minute of play. Fidel Espiridion took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Subin Dzhamalov. Subin Dzhamalov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. After the first half Howling Dawn U18 were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

50 minutes into the match, Tigers of Bistritsa's goalkeeper Subin Dzhamalov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fidel Espiridion. Subin Dzhamalov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Bittor in the 52nd minute of play. Subin Dzhamalov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan Bittor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dalmacio Natal got his second yellow card in the match during the 53rd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 54 played minutes Howling Dawn U18 got a freekick which was hit by Dalmacio Natal. Severin Manzurov's late challenge caught a Howling Dawn U18's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Severin Manzurov helped the player get up and apologised. Tigers of Bistritsa's Subin Dzhamalov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fidel Espiridion in the 59th minute of play. Yoncho Georgiev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Santos Hori tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Severin Manzurov scored 2-2 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Santos Hori, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 74th minute Zeledon Dino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Subin Dzhamalov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Howling Dawn U18 booed when Tigers of Bistritsa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Svetlin Chergarski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Howling Dawn U18's Florencio Fernendo was substituted for Juan Bittor. After 75 played minutes Tigers of Bistritsa got a freekick which was hit by Svetlin Chergarski. Zeledon Dino received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Subin Dzhamalov came out and tried to block the shot, but Zeledon Dino slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 77th minute. Subin Dzhamalov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florencio Fernendo in the 82nd minute of the match. Subin Dzhamalov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zeledon Dino in the 83rd minute of play. In the 86th minute Zeledon Dino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Subin Dzhamalov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 86th match minute, Tigers of Bistritsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Svetlin Chergarski to maneuver through the defense. Florencio Fernendo was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 90th minute. Howling Dawn U18's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Milko Krahtov hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Florencio Fernendo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Subin Dzhamalov having to interfere.