Challenge

The Bistritsa Jungle
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, 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. A collision led to Tigers of Bistritsa getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Svetlin Chergarski hit a great ball. Chris Nygaard, 4 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. 8 minutes into the match, Yoncho Georgiev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Keld Paulsen. Denmark's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yoncho Georgiev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Chris Nygaard recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 17 played minutes Tigers of Bistritsa got a freekick which was hit by Dido Trasiev. Mito Chochkov's late challenge caught a Denmark's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mito Chochkov helped the player get up and apologised. After 18 played minutes Tigers of Bistritsa got a freekick which was hit by Mito Chochkov. During the 19th minute of the match Mito Chochkov completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Mito Chochkov a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Mito Chochkov hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Subin Dzhamalov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chris Nygaard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Subin Dzhamalov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bertram Svenningsen, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Severin Manzurov charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Severin Manzurov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 31st minute, Severin Manzurov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 32nd play minutes Bertram Svenningsen shot 1-1, a short shot which went by Subin Dzhamalov and just under the crossbar into goal. Keld Paulsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milko Krahtov in the 39th minute of the match. Stoycho Dramov charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stoycho Dramov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 41 played minutes Tigers of Bistritsa got a freekick which was hit by Stoycho Dramov. In the 45th match minute, Denmark was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bertram Svenningsen to maneuver through the defense. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Chris Nygaard made a kick off. When Milko Krahtov came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Tigers of Bistritsa 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 Milko Krahtov couldn't finish the play. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Milko Krahtov in the 56th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Tigers of Bistritsa's Svetlin Chergarski got a free kick in the 60th minute. Yoncho Georgiev took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Keld Paulsen. Keld Paulsen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. A throw-in in the 66th minute of the game was made by Stoycho Dramov with Svetlin Chergarski as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 68 minutes into the game, Stoycho Dramov threw the ball into play from the sideline. Denmark's Bertram Svenningsen quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 74 minutes into the game, Yoncho Georgiev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Keld Paulsen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Severin Manzurov got his second yellow card in the match during the 77th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Severin Manzurov kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. If Milko Krahtov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 85th minute, Yoncho Georgiev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Keld Paulsen was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Bertram Svenningsen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Subin Dzhamalov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 95th minute of the match Vitomir Balakov sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Keld Paulsen skillfully saved the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Tigers of Bistritsa had won after a very even match.