Friendly League

БЪЛГАРСКА АРМИЯ
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ahmet Refik Ülgü started the match with the kick off. In the 9th minute Ahmet Refik Ülgü shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hieronim Mentis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ahmet Refik Ülgü might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hieronim Mentis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ahmet Refik Ülgü ran back to his position shaking his head. Hieronim Mentis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmet Refik Ülgü, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. 19 minutes into the match, FC CSKA's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Wnukowski came free, but Georgi Velinov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 24th minute Ahmet Refik Ülgü shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hieronim Mentis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Georgi Velinov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Wnukowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. The throw-in from Bradley de Nooijer in the 28th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Radomiak Radom's Juraj Broz. When Ahmet Refik Ülgü came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the FC CSKA 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 Ahmet Refik Ülgü couldn't finish the play. Georgi Velinov came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Radomiak Radom's Robert Wnukowski. But to his dismay, Robert Wnukowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Ahmet Refik Ülgü received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Hieronim Mentis came out and tried to block the shot, but Ahmet Refik Ülgü slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 45th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Robert Wnukowski to make the kick off. Juraj Broz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tim Bodenschatz kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. FC CSKA made a substitution. Marian Pachev replaced Tanel Kiik. In the 64th match minute, Radomiak Radom was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tim Bodenschatz to maneuver through the defense. Hieronim Mentis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruslan Dzhalev, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by Radomiak Radom's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Georgi Dimitrov was slow to take the kick. During this time FC CSKA's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Radomiak Radom's goalie and right to Hans Danielsson. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Radomiak Radom's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 69 minutes into the game, Robert Wnukowski recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Georgi Velinov. Robert Wnukowski showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. Radomiak Radom's Cristiano Mbappè was substituted for Robert Wnukowski. Georgi Velinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Mbappè in the 78th minute of play. FC CSKA's Georgi Velinov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save FC CSKA from getting a goal against them. 93 minutes into the match, FC CSKA's goal looked a bit too open when Cristiano Mbappè came free, but Georgi Velinov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.