Challenge

Manolitsch
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Francisco Seco kicked off to start the match. Uruguay's Joaquin Gayoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Spiridon Lekov in the 4th minute of play. In the 6th minute of the match ПФК „Славия“ got a corner. Uruguay's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nano Búlgarov ran over to the corner to take the kick. 9 minutes into the game, ПФК „Славия“'s Spiridon Lekov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Joaquin Gayoso made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in Uruguay's zone, Mladen Benishev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joaquin Gayoso came out of the goal and Mladen Benishev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Spiridon Lekov scored 2-0 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Joaquin Gayoso, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 19th minute, Francisco Seco 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. Uruguay's Joaquin Gayoso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Uruguay from getting a goal against them. 22 minutes into the match, ПФК „Славия“'s goal looked a bit too open when Maximiliano Escribano came free, but Anastas Púdarev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 23 minutes into the match, Uruguay's goalkeeper Joaquin Gayoso had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Spiridon Lekov. Anastas Púdarev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximiliano Escribano in the 24th minute of the match. Joaquin Gayoso made an important save on a dangerous shot by Spiridon Lekov in the 25th minute. In the 28th minute Francisco Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anastas Púdarev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Urtungo Vidrio kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. Spiridon Lekov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Joaquin Gayoso made a huge save. In the 38th minute, Urtungo Vidrio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anastas Púdarev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francisco Seco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th match minute, ПФК „Славия“ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Urtungo Vidrio to maneuver through the defense. Anastas Púdarev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximiliano Escribano in the 42nd minute of play. Anastas Púdarev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximiliano Escribano in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 43rd match minute, ПФК „Славия“ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Urtungo Vidrio to maneuver through the defense. Joaquin Gayoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Spiridon Lekov in the 45th minute of play. A well-hit corner resulted in Urtungo Vidrio heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 46th minute, Urtungo Vidrio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Spiridon Lekov to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, ПФК „Славия“'s Spiridon Lekov got a free kick in the 50th minute. Nano Búlgarov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Joaquin Gayoso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The attack was good, but when Francisco Seco in the 56th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. A collision led to ПФК „Славия“ getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Manol Pavurdzhiev hit a great ball. Francisco Seco came free with the goalkeeper in the 60th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Anastas Púdarev could save by the left post. Uruguay's Joaquin Gayoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Spiridon Lekov in the 61st minute of play. Joaquin Gayoso didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Spiridon Lekov went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Joaquin Gayoso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Spiridon Lekov in the 65th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, Uruguay's goal looked a bit too open when Mladen Benishev came free, but Joaquin Gayoso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joaquin Gayoso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Spiridon Lekov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When ПФК „Славия“'s Spiridon Lekov in the 71st minute got a chance for a shot 71st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Uruguay's goalie prevented a goal. ПФК „Славия“'s Mladen Benishev got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Francisco Seco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anastas Púdarev having to interfere. After 78 minutes, Manol Pavurdzhiev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ПФК „Славия“ and the Uruguay players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Jaime Cazalla came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Uruguay 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 Cazalla couldn't finish the play. When the match clock showed 80 minutes, the score became 6-0 when Spiridon Lekov sped through Uruguay's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Joaquin Gayoso. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spiridon Lekov in the 85th minute of play forced Uruguay's goalkeeper Joaquin Gayoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute, Urtungo Vidrio made a precise shot to the right of Joaquin Gayoso. Uruguay's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. Thanks to some nice moves Francisco Seco could shoot a difficult shot in the 92nd minute, which Anastas Púdarev however easily saved by the left post. ПФК „Славия“ were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Uruguay for a fine match.