Challenge

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Fabio Auer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Toni Nenchev in the 4th minute. After a rather tough play, Austria's Leonhard Maier got a free kick in the 5th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nano Mitrashkov got free with Fabio Auer in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in Austria's zone, Kostadin Mazhdrakov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabio Auer came out of the goal and Kostadin Mazhdrakov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kostadin Mazhdrakov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Fabio Auer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 21st minute, Nedyalko Berberov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 22 played minutes Austria got a freekick which was hit by Marvin Harrer. Fabio Auer came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by DARAS's Kostadin Mazhdrakov. But to his dismay, Kostadin Mazhdrakov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. In the 34th match minute, Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonhard Maier to maneuver through the defense. 37 minutes into the game, Nedyalko Berberov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. DARAS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Austria the free kick. After a rather tough play, DARAS's Nedyalko Berberov got a free kick in the 37th minute. 40 minutes into the match, Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kostadin Mazhdrakov. Fabio Auer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kostadin Mazhdrakov in the 47th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sandro Galishoff to make the kick off. Zahari Kerekov's late challenge caught a Austria's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zahari Kerekov helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, DARAS's Zahari Kerekov got a free kick in the 56th minute. Fabio Auer came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by DARAS's Toni Nenchev. But to his dismay, Toni Nenchev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. In the 61st match minute, DARAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nedyalko Berberov to maneuver through the defense. Nedyalko Berberov got his second yellow card in the match during the 64th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After a rather tough play, DARAS's Nedyalko Berberov got a free kick in the 64th minute. After having played for 69 minutes, Fabio Schneider managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Austria's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fabio Schneider was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 71st minute, Rumen Dzhananov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 75 minutes, Volodya Biradzhiev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the DARAS and the Austria players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 75 played minutes DARAS got a freekick which was hit by Volodya Biradzhiev. DARAS's Gergin Bogoev was substituted for Volodya Biradzhiev. The supporters of Austria booed when DARAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rumen Dzhananov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81st minute, Dragan Mangezov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. DARAS made a substitution. Kuzman Bondzhov replaced Kostadin Mazhdrakov. The supporters of Austria booed when DARAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dragan Mangezov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sandro Galishoff recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 84th match minute, DARAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rumen Dzhananov to maneuver through the defense. Dobrin Beremov was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jonas Nalder showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 85 minute of play. The supporters of DARAS booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabio Schneider didn't get a good kick on the ball. 90 minutes into the game, Marvin Harrer was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Austria's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave DARAS the free kick. The supporters of DARAS booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marvin Harrer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fabio Auer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boncho Zhilev in the 93rd minute of play.