Challenge

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Boncho Zhilev got the match started through his kick off. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boncho Zhilev in the 4th minute of the match. Denis Dostal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Dobrin Beremov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boncho Zhilev in the 12th minute of the match. After 13 minutes, Denis Dostal mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Czech Republic and the DARAS players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 13th minute, Denis Dostal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16th minute Erik Jilek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dobrin Beremov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Volodya Biradzhiev struck a weak shot in the 21st minute. Vavrinec Holub didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for DARAS. After a defensive mix-up in Czech Republic's zone, Iliya Kasabov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vavrinec Holub came out of the goal and Iliya Kasabov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Toni Nenchev came up free with the goalie in the 27th 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. After a defensive mix-up in Czech Republic's zone, Boncho Zhilev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vavrinec Holub came out of the goal and Boncho Zhilev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Nedyalko Berberov fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored DARAS's protests and gave Nedyalko Berberov a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Nedyalko Berberov hit a great ball. Volodya Biradzhiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vavrinec Holub having to interfere. In the 41st minute Boncho Zhilev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vavrinec Holub saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 41 minutes of play, DARAS's Boncho Zhilev made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vavrinec Holub was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boncho Zhilev in the 46th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Erik Jilek to make the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Boncho Zhilev in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vavrinec Holub saved Czech Republic from getting behind. When Nano Mitrashkov came up free with the goalie in the 57th 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. In the 61st minute Toni Nenchev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vavrinec Holub saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kvetoslav Janku hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. In the 65th minute of the match Iliya Kasabov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vavrinec Holub showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 68 minutes, Volodya Biradzhiev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the DARAS and the Czech Republic players grew even worse after the yellow card. Volodya Biradzhiev hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Volodya Biradzhiev hit a great ball. DARAS made a substitution. Gergin Bogoev replaced Volodya Biradzhiev. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boncho Zhilev in the 80th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd 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: 2-0. Toni Nenchev blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vavrinec Holub having to make a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th 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. Vavrinec Holub breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Toni Nenchev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 93 played minutes Czech Republic got a freekick which was hit by Denis Dostal. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. DARAS fully deserved thier win.