Challenge

Gerena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Yane Donkovski took the kick off in the first half of the match. 8 minutes into the game, Camilo Gaos threw the ball into play from the sideline. FC Old Dogs United's Alexey Spahiyski quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Borimir Karadzhov having to interfere. FC Old Dogs United's Vaklin Obretenov managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Alex Chicote in the 15 minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Illescas in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Borimir Karadzhov saved FC Old Dogs United from getting behind. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Borimir Karadzhov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 29th minute of play forced FC Old Dogs United's goalkeeper Borimir Karadzhov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Borimir Karadzhov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomas Illescas went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After 40 minutes of play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Borimir Karadzhov was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 47th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Borimir Karadzhov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

53 minutes into the match, FC Old Dogs United's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Borimir Karadzhov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in FC Old Dogs United's zone, Patricio Costa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Borimir Karadzhov came out of the goal and Patricio Costa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Borimir Karadzhov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jose Correa in the 55th minute of play. Patricio Costa kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. 62 minutes into the match, FC Old Dogs United's goalkeeper Borimir Karadzhov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. The crowd rose to their feet as Venezuela's Patricio Costa slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Borimir Karadzhov. That made the score 0-4 after 66 minutes of play. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Borimir Karadzhov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jose Correa took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Borimir Karadzhov. Borimir Karadzhov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. If Totyo Brandiyski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FC Old Dogs United's Preslav Kafedzhiev managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Guillermo Mariano in the 81 minute of the game. When the match clock showed 84 minutes, the score became 0-6 when Tomas Illescas sped through FC Old Dogs United's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Borimir Karadzhov. Borimir Karadzhov made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Tomas Illescas sent off a good shot on target. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Borimir Karadzhov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, Jose Correa took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Borimir Karadzhov to make any attempt to save it. Venezuela's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.