Friendly League

Polenta Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Eloi Ocomardia made the kick off and thus started the match. Igor Bolyukov charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Igor Bolyukov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to VN SOKOLI-VARNA getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Igor Bolyukov hit a great ball. In the 4th minute of the match Zygmunt Pisarczyk shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 9th match minute, AC Collins was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alessio Furino to maneuver through the defense. In the 14thth minute of the game Igor Bolyukov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AC Collins's Lin Shi Qing was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 17 minutes, Zygmunt Pisarczyk managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AC Collins's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zygmunt Pisarczyk was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Haralampi Kúrkelanov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save VN SOKOLI-VARNA from getting a goal against them. In the 24th minute, Zhelyazko Davidov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tzvetoslav Vúlchov in the 26th minute of play forced AC Collins's goalkeeper Lin Shi Qing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Haralampi Kúrkelanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edinho do Nascimento in the 27th minute of play. 27 minutes into the match, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goal looked a bit too open when Edinho do Nascimento came free, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 28th minute Edinho do Nascimento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Haralampi Kúrkelanov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save VN SOKOLI-VARNA from getting a goal against them. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Haralampi Kúrkelanov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save VN SOKOLI-VARNA from getting a goal against them. Lin Shi Qing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tzvetoslav Vúlchov in the 39th minute of the match. 44 minutes had been played when some careless play by AC Collins's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Igor Bolyukov was slow to take the kick. During this time VN SOKOLI-VARNA's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Andon Traychev got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Lin Shi Qing quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The supporters of AC Collins booed when VN SOKOLI-VARNA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tzvetoslav Vúlchov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Edinho do Nascimento to strike the kick off in the second half. AC Collins's Lin Shi Qing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Bolyukov in the 56th minute of play. Cesare Barberio hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. In the 60th minute Alexander Di Persio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alexander Di Persio in the 60th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Haralampi Kúrkelanov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Rostislav Sitarski got a free kick in the 67th minute. Rostislav Sitarski hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute Zygmunt Pisarczyk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Haralampi Kúrkelanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bran Zinov in the 75th minute of the match. Cesare Barberio kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Borgatello came free, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With 82 minutes on the clock, Trifon Mladenov commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 81st minute, one of VN SOKOLI-VARNA:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for VN SOKOLI-VARNA. Haralampi Kúrkelanov had in the 84thth minute some difficulties stopping Zygmunt Pisarczyk's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Haralampi Kúrkelanov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zygmunt Pisarczyk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 87 played minutes AC Collins got a freekick which was hit by Perivaldo Furtado. If Rostislav Sitarski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Borgatello in the 91st minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Haralampi Kúrkelanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 93 minutes into the match, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goal looked a bit too open when Zygmunt Pisarczyk came free, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 93 minutes into the game, Zygmunt Pisarczyk cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Haralampi Kúrkelanov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. AC Collins had played much better football throughout.