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Match Report
National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Thierry Auroy took the kick off in the first half of the match. Vitomir Starokin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Réda Kolb in the 2nd minute of play. France's Christophe Pourre proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save France from getting a goal against them. Vitomir Starokin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thierry Auroy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute Thierry Auroy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitomir Starokin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vitomir Starokin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Réda Kolb, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. France's Christophe Pourre proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save France from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Velichko Dúrov in the 35th minute of play forced France's goalkeeper Christophe Pourre to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Velichko Dúrov put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Christophe Pourre. Vitomir Starokin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thierry Auroy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlos Taillade kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Vitomir Starokin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Réda Kolb, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Bulgaria's Yoncho Prelkov got a free kick in the 47th minute.
Velichko Dúrov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Vitomir Starokin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Réda Kolb in the 54th minute. When the match clock showed 56 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Stanislav Búlgarov sped through France's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Christophe Pourre. 61 minutes into the match, Réda Kolb had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vitomir Starokin. Bulgaria's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Réda Kolb was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. France made a substitution. Harold Combettes replaced Réda Kolb. The crowd rose to their feet as Harold Combettes kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Vitomir Starokin. That made the score 2-2 in the 68 minute of play. Bulgaria's Presiyan Temkov was substituted for Velichko Dúrov. Christophe Pourre took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Parvan Dakelov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vitomir Starokin made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Thierry Auroy sent off a good shot on target. Christophe Pourre showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Parvan Dakelov in the 76th minute of the match. In the 77th minute Bulgaria were awarded a corner. Stanislav Búlgarov went to the cornerflag to take it. Christophe Pourre took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stanislav Búlgarov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bulgaria's Vladislav Serdarov was substituted for Nikolay Karpuzov. In the 83rd minute Bulgaria were awarded a corner. Stanislav Búlgarov went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Ginyo Tzutzekov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Christophe Pourre quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Christophe Pourre showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislav Búlgarov in the 85th minute of the match. Vitomir Starokin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harold Combettes in the 86th minute of play. Christophe Pourre took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Parvan Dakelov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vitomir Starokin was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Harold Combettes showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-3 in the 95 minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched France eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.
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