Friendly League

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bekir Tarık kicked off to start the match. Volodya Biradzhiev hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Toni Nenchev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Iliya Kasabov hit a great ball. In the 16th minute Bekir Tarık shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vute Baliev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20thth minute of the game Toni Nenchev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Andırın SK's Naci Talha was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Vinnie Jones hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Toni Nenchev in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Naci Talha saved Andırın SK from getting behind. Vute Baliev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bekir Tarık in the 34th minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, DARAS's goal looked a bit too open when Bekir Tarık came free, but Vute Baliev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. DARAS were furious when Nedyalko Berberov was red carded, 39 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. DARAS's Gavril Bratovanov was substituted for Toni Nenchev. After 38 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for DARAS! Naci Talha was a little too slow when Paolo Rossi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 47th minute. The score was now 1-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Paolo Rossi to make the kick off. Erdinç Talay charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Erdinç Talay the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 53rd match minute, Andırın SK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erdinç Talay to maneuver through the defense. Naci Talha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paolo Rossi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Celal Engiay during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 55 played minutes Andırın SK got a freekick which was hit by Celal Engiay. Naci Talha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paolo Rossi in the 56th minute of the match. Paolo Rossi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 62 played minutes DARAS got a freekick which was hit by Iliya Kasabov. After some careless play in the Andırın SK defense, Paolo Rossi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Naci Talha. The Andırın SK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Naci Talha should have stopped the shot. Erdinç Talay kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Antim Karamanski charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Antim Karamanski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Andırın SK getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Murathan Tangun hit a great ball. When Volodya Biradzhiev came up free with the goalie in the 82nd 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 Volodya Biradzhiev couldn't finish the play. If Iliya Kasabov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yusuf Ülgen made in the 86th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Bekir Tarık however managed to control. DARAS were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Andırın SK for a fine match.