Friendly League

Stadio Olimpico
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lv Lei got the match started through his kick off. After 5 minutes of play, KOO Tigers's Lv Lei made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nikola Drinov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Halil Utku Evvah didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tencho Mihalev went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Laziali's goalkeeper Nikola Drinov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Vaklin Zhablyanov fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Laziali's protests and gave Vaklin Zhablyanov a yellow card for diving instead. In the 14th match minute, Laziali was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vaklin Zhablyanov to maneuver through the defense. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Laziali's goalkeeper Nikola Drinov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 17 minutes of play, KOO Tigers's Lv Lei made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nikola Drinov was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 20th match minute, Laziali was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boris Batyov to maneuver through the defense. Meriç Baytekin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nikola Drinov having to make a save. KOO Tigers's Meriç Baytekin got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 26 played minutes Laziali got a freekick which was hit by Vlado Tarandzhiyski. Nikola Drinov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Han Si Lin in the 28th minute of the match. If Meriç Baytekin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nikola Drinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lv Lei in the 33rd minute of play. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Laziali's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hilmi Onursan was slow to take the kick. During this time KOO Tigers's players had a chance to rest. KOO Tigers's Hilmi Onursan was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nikola Drinov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Meriç Baytekin kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Lv Lei managed to get in a good position for a shot. KOO Tigers's supporters rose to their feet, but Lv Lei was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nikola Drinov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lv Lei fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikola Drinov having to interfere. 44 minutes into the match, Lv Lei had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nikola Drinov. Laziali's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lv Lei was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

53 minutes into the game, Hilmi Onursan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. KOO Tigers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Laziali the free kick. Nikola Drinov made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Lv Lei sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lv Lei in the 63rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nikola Drinov saved Laziali from getting behind. After 65 minutes Laziali's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hilmi Onursan who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Hilmi Onursan got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nikola Drinov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 67th minute, Lv Lei hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Halil Utku Evvah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hristofor Ikonomov, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. A sloppy throw-in by Lazar Benatov in the 73rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by KOO Tigers's Abdulkerim Uğuş. After 78 minutes of play KOO Tigers's Hilmi Onursan was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 78 played minutes KOO Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Hilmi Onursan. KOO Tigers made a substitution. Nazım Köksal replaced Han Si Lin. In the 80th match minute, KOO Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hilmi Onursan to maneuver through the defense. Lv Lei fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikola Drinov having to interfere. When Seyfi Akbayrak fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored KOO Tigers's protests and gave Seyfi Akbayrak a yellow card for diving instead. Seyfi Akbayrak kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tencho Mihalev in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Halil Utku Evvah saved KOO Tigers from getting behind. Halil Utku Evvah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tencho Mihalev, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. 89 minutes into the game, Victor Chus was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. KOO Tigers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Laziali the free kick. In the 89th match minute, KOO Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victor Chus to maneuver through the defense. Tencho Mihalev scored 2-3 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Halil Utku Evvah, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 95th minute, Radomir Groshkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the final whistle sounded KOO Tigers left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Laziali.