Challenge

Staples center
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Teofan Demerdzhiev made the kick off which started today's match. Bolivia's Eduardo Fontirroig got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 7 minutes into the game, Maksim Ganchev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Опълченците's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bolivia the free kick. In the 8th match minute, Опълченците was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maksim Ganchev to maneuver through the defense. Teofan Demerdzhiev took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Camilo Freixa. Camilo Freixa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 17th minute, Kristiyan Bunev reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Camilo Freixa. The goal made the score 2-0. Slaveyko Halov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Ferrant in the 20th minute of the match. Ganyo Salmov's late challenge caught a Bolivia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ganyo Salmov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 21st match minute, Опълченците was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ganyo Salmov to maneuver through the defense. When Krum Konsulov fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Опълченците's protests and gave Krum Konsulov a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Опълченците's Krum Konsulov got a free kick in the 24th minute. Camilo Freixa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kristiyan Bunev in the 28th minute. Krum Konsulov hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Eduardo Fontirroig's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Slaveyko Halov was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Eduardo Fontirroig fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Slaveyko Halov having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eduardo Fontirroig during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 39th match minute, Bolivia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduardo Fontirroig to maneuver through the defense. Slaveyko Halov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mario Fernandino went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mario Fernandino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Teofan Demerdzhiev made a precise shot to the right of Camilo Freixa. Bolivia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. 59 minutes in the game, Mario Fernandino fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Slaveyko Halov having to interfere. After having played for 63 minutes, Teofan Demerdzhiev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Опълченците's supporters crossed their fingers, but Teofan Demerdzhiev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Slaveyko Halov made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Alfonso de la Cruz sent off a good shot on target. In the 66th minute, Krum Konsulov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Slaveyko Halov managed to avoid a goal in the 67thth minute, when Bolivia's Eduardo Fontirroig fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kristiyan Bunev in the 74th minute of play forced Bolivia's goalkeeper Camilo Freixa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Antoan Mishev during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 75 played minutes Опълченците got a freekick which was hit by Antoan Mishev. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Eduardo Fontirroig managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bolivia's supporters rose to their feet, but Eduardo Fontirroig was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Slaveyko Halov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Опълченците's Slaveyko Halov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfonso de la Cruz in the 86th minute of play. When Joshua Miralles fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bolivia's protests and gave Joshua Miralles a yellow card for diving instead. Joshua Miralles kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Опълченците's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.