Challenge

Крепост Овеч
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) ФК ОВЕЧ's Doychin Malamov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Grigor Gerchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In a very dangerous position, a player in ФК ОВЕЧ fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 15th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Venezuela a penalty, 15 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Tomas Illescas, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of ФК ОВЕЧ's Grigor Gerchev. 0-1. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Grigor Gerchev having to interfere. Gerasim Vitov's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gerasim Vitov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th match minute, ФК ОВЕЧ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerasim Vitov to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the ФК ОВЕЧ defense, Tomas Illescas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Grigor Gerchev. The ФК ОВЕЧ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Grigor Gerchev should have stopped the shot. When Damyan Dakov fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ФК ОВЕЧ's protests and gave Damyan Dakov a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, ФК ОВЕЧ's Damyan Dakov got a free kick in the 32nd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Radul Malakov during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to ФК ОВЕЧ getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Radul Malakov hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Grigor Gerchev was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Grigor Gerchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 44 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Doychin Malamov came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

55 minutes in the game Damyan Dakov did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Radul Malakov. If Doychin Malamov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Patricio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Grigor Gerchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 66 minutes into the match, ФК ОВЕЧ's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Illescas came free, but Grigor Gerchev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grigor Gerchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Doychin Malamov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Patricio Costa during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of ФК ОВЕЧ booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 79th match minute, ФК ОВЕЧ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damyan Dakov to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, ФК ОВЕЧ's Grigor Gerchev got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Grigor Gerchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 88th minute of play. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind ФК ОВЕЧ's goalkeeper Grigor Gerchev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the match was over Venezuela could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ФК ОВЕЧ throughout the match.