Friendly League

Stade Sonny Anderson
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rostislav Sitarski made the kick off which started today's match. Tom Beaune sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Lilko Timov got control of the ball when Sebastian Silvian tried to sneak it across the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Lilko Timov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tom Beaune. A collision led to VN SOKOLI-VARNA getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Avram Octavian hit a great ball. Lilko Timov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marian Racoviceanu in the 22nd minute of the match. Anatol Hönes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Lilko Timov made a huge save. Guy Durant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eloi Ocomardia, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 38 minutes into the game, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Eloi Ocomardia nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Guy Durant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rostislav Sitarski in the 41st minute of play forced Lyon 69ers's goalkeeper Guy Durant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lyon 69ers's Guy Durant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eloi Ocomardia in the 46th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Anatol Hönes to strike the kick off in the second half. Lyon 69ers's Guy Durant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Lyon 69ers from getting a goal against them. After having played for 56 minutes, Marian Todorov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marian Todorov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Marian Todorov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Guy Durant made a huge save. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Lilko Timov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anatol Hönes in the 66th minute of play. After having played for 68 minutes, Mathias Lecanu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lyon 69ers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mathias Lecanu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eloi Ocomardia hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Marian Todorov got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lilko Timov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anatol Hönes, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. A collision led to Lyon 69ers getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Sebastian Silvian hit a great ball. In the 92nd minute Tom Beaune shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lilko Timov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Slaveyko Grúbchev kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Guy Durant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ayoub Adel in the 95th minute of play. VN SOKOLI-VARNA were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over Lyon 69ers's much stronger midfield.