Friendly League

Bulgaria
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ali Bagley started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 5th minute, Brannik's Pejko Milenkov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marcelo Gröhe. Marcelo Gröhe yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Glen Sewell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 15th minute Pejko Milenkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Gröhe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Domenico Hooper received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Marcelo Gröhe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 22 minutes Wichita Regulators's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Raphael Barnhart who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Raphael Barnhart got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marcelo Gröhe quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stewart Lowery in the 23rd minute of play forced Brannik's goalkeeper Robert Bambas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Wichita Regulators's Joesph Hager got a free kick in the 26th minute. After 27 played minutes Brannik got a freekick which was hit by Sherwood Rooney. Robert Bambas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mitch Logan, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Robert Bambas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joesph Hager, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. A hard shot 39 in the game by Domenico Hooper from a close distance when the talented Marcelo Gröhe managed to make a qualified save. Wichita Regulators's players were relieved. Brannik's Robert Bambas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stewart Lowery in the 41st minute of play. Marcelo Gröhe was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Domenico Hooper showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 45 minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pejko Milenkov to strike the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Wichita Regulators defense, Pejko Milenkov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcelo Gröhe. The Wichita Regulators fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcelo Gröhe should have stopped the shot. 55 minutes into the match, Wichita Regulators's goal looked a bit too open when Domenico Hooper came free, but Marcelo Gröhe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wichita Regulators's Marcelo Gröhe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Domenico Hooper in the 56th minute of play. In the 60th minute Domenico Hooper shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Gröhe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th match minute, Wichita Regulators was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joesph Hager to maneuver through the defense. When Brannik's Pejko Milenkov in the 67th minute got a chance for a shot 67th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Wichita Regulators's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of Brannik booed when Wichita Regulators was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stewart Lowery didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Brannik getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Pat Holcomb hit a great ball. Joesph Hager could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Robert Bambas made a huge save. Marcelo Gröhe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pejko Milenkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pejko Milenkov in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcelo Gröhe prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A nice corner shot did that Raphael Barnhart got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marcelo Gröhe quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Pejko Milenkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Wichita Regulators booed when Brannik was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Domenico Hooper didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Brannik's Domenico Hooper got a free kick in the 88th minute. Sherwood Rooney hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. In the 94th minute, Pejko Milenkov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Brannik fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Brannik fully deserved thier win.