Challenge

Estadio Pucholandia
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mladen Balevski got the match started through his kick off. After 8 minutes of play, Bulgaria's Mladen Balevski made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Józef Mlynarczyk was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 11th minute Mladen Balevski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Józef Mlynarczyk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 13 minutes into the match, Deportivo Pucho's goal looked a bit too open when Mladen Balevski came free, but Józef Mlynarczyk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Claudio-Paul Caniggia in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vitomir Starokin saved Bulgaria from getting behind. When Claudio-Paul Caniggia came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Deportivo Pucho 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 Claudio-Paul Caniggia couldn't finish the play. Vitomir Starokin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio-Paul Caniggia in the 21st minute of the match. Claudio-Paul Caniggias short, quick shot in the 22ndth minute got Vitomir Starokin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Julio Tolino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Romulo Brun got a throw-in 37 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Arnulfo Marko. Mladen Balevski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Mladen Balevski came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the Bulgaria 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 Mladen Balevski couldn't finish the play.

Deportivo Pucho's Ahmet Nasir Nesefi was substituted for Claudio-Paul Caniggia. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ahmet Nasir Nesefi to strike the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as Stanislav Búlgarov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Józef Mlynarczyk. That made the score 0-2 in the 55 minute of play. A collision led to Bulgaria getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Ilko Hindalov hit a great ball. After 58 minutes of play, Deportivo Pucho's Ahmet Nasir Nesefi made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vitomir Starokin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Stanislav Búlgarov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, Deportivo Pucho's Józef Mlynarczyk got control of the ball when Stanislav Búlgarov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 68th minute, Bulgaria's Stanislav Búlgarov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. Rafail Klenov kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Ahmet Nasir Nesefi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Vitomir Starokin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Józef Mlynarczyk made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Stanislav Búlgarov sent off a good shot on target. Vitomir Starokin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmet Nasir Nesefi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vitomir Starokin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Östen Stor, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. After a rather tough play, Bulgaria's Stanislav Búlgarov got a free kick in the 86th minute. 88 minutes into the match, Stanislav Búlgarov dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Józef Mlynarczyk, 1-4. Józef Mlynarczyk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stanislav Búlgarov in the 91st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Bulgaria's Rangel Parashkevov got a free kick in the 96th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Bulgaria eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.