Friendly League

Seslavtsi Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Graig Avery made an important save on a dangerous shot by Encho Belberov in the 5th minute. Anani Krúnchev's late challenge caught a LHS SOCCER's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anani Krúnchev helped the player get up and apologised. In the 7th minute, Anani Krúnchev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 8th match minute, LHS SOCCER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mike Cahill to maneuver through the defense. When Ray Larson came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the LHS SOCCER 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 Ray Larson couldn't finish the play. Graig Avery showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vergil Tzarvulkov in the 14th minute of the match. Salvador Russo kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Encho Belberov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Graig Avery was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. With 24 minutes on the clock, Rayko Margin commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. LHS SOCCER's Ben Cornett got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 31st minute, Encho Belberov made a precise shot to the right of Graig Avery. LHS SOCCER's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. 34 minutes into the game, LHS SOCCER's Ben Cornett nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bozhil Branev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. In the 40th minute, Ray Larson got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When LHS SOCCER's Ben Cornett, in the 40th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for LHS SOCCER. Darell Rios kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. Graig Avery acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 48th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Vergil Tzarvulkov. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Encho Belberov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Encho Belberov in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Graig Avery saved LHS SOCCER from getting behind. Graig Avery showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Encho Belberov in the 58th minute of the match. 62 minutes into the game, Casper Skaggs threw the ball into play from the sideline. Seslavtsi's Yulian Velkov quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 63rd minute, Yulian Velkov made a precise shot to the right of Graig Avery. LHS SOCCER's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. 68 minutes into the game, Ben Cornett cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Bozhil Branev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. LHS SOCCER's Graig Avery played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mircho Penkochev in the 75th minute of play. When Mircho Penkochev came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Seslavtsi 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 Mircho Penkochev couldn't finish the play. Darell Rios hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Graig Avery made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mircho Penkochev in the 82nd minute of play. In the 85th minute, Mircho Penkochev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Graig Avery was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. Graig Avery showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mircho Penkochev, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Graig Avery came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by Seslavtsi's Mircho Penkochev. But to his dismay, Mircho Penkochev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. After 93 played minutes Seslavtsi got a freekick which was hit by Valeri Lyatov. Seslavtsi walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.