Challenge

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jaime Pardo kicked off to start the match. DARAS's Lilcho Chohadzhiev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaime Pardo in the 5th minute of play. Lilcho Chohadzhiev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hector Covarrubias in the 6th minute of the match. In the 8th minute Jaime Pardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lilcho Chohadzhiev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. DARAS's Lilcho Chohadzhiev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaime Pardo in the 9th minute of play. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by DARAS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jaime Pardo was slow to take the kick. During this time Paraguay's players had a chance to rest. Lilcho Chohadzhiev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hector Covarrubias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 20th minute, Hector Covarrubias got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Paraguay's Jaime Pardo got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hector Covarrubias recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lilcho Chohadzhiev came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by Paraguay's Hector Covarrubias. But to his dismay, Hector Covarrubias quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Jaime Pardo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Lilcho Chohadzhiev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lilcho Chohadzhiev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hector Covarrubias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jaime Pardo took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lilcho Chohadzhiev. Lilcho Chohadzhiev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Lilcho Chohadzhiev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Diego Tenorio in the 34th minute of the match. Lilcho Chohadzhiev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hector Covarrubias in the 36th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jaime Pardo in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lilcho Chohadzhiev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Hector Covarrubias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Lilcho Chohadzhiev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lilcho Chohadzhiev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Pardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Lilcho Chohadzhiev came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by Paraguay's Jaime Pardo. But to his dismay, Jaime Pardo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gergin Bogoev was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, one of Paraguay: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 Paraguay. The referee gave DARAS a penalty, 54 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Vute Baliev, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Paraguay's Jacobo Nores. 1-3. 58 minutes into the match, Hector Covarrubias had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lilcho Chohadzhiev. DARAS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hector Covarrubias was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. In the 62ndth minute of the game Jaime Pardo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but DARAS's Lilcho Chohadzhiev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lilcho Chohadzhiev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jaime Pardo in the 68th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hector Covarrubias got free with Lilcho Chohadzhiev in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Boycho Barbutski's late challenge caught a Paraguay's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Boycho Barbutski helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, DARAS's Boycho Barbutski got a free kick in the 74th minute. DARAS's attentive Grisha Dragulev managed to snatch the ball when Juan Diego Tenorio made a throw-in in the 77th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jaime Pardo got free with Lilcho Chohadzhiev in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 81st minute, Paraguay's Hector Covarrubias ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Lilcho Chohadzhiev. Lilcho Chohadzhiev yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-5. Jose Sanz made in the 85th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by DARAS's Matey Trashliev. Lilcho Chohadzhiev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaime Pardo in the 87th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, DARAS's goalkeeper Lilcho Chohadzhiev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hector Covarrubias. Grisha Dragulev charged in rather forcefully in the 92nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Grisha Dragulev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 92 minutes into the game, one of DARAS:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 94 minutes, Paraguay's Jaime Pardo got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Lilcho Chohadzhiev. Lilcho Chohadzhiev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hector Covarrubias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 98th match minute, DARAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matey Trashliev to maneuver through the defense. When Jaime Pardo came up free with the goalie in the 99th minute, the Paraguay 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 Jaime Pardo couldn't finish the play. When the match was over Paraguay could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than DARAS throughout the match.