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National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) When Bulgaria's Tzvetan Mudrov in the 6th minute got a chance for a shot 6th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye India's goalie prevented a goal. When Parvan Dakelov came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the Bulgaria 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 Parvan Dakelov couldn't finish the play. Bulgaria's Vitomir Starokin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Bulgaria from getting a goal against them. Anyuna Parab took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Parvan Dakelov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rajendran Kalra got free with Vitomir Starokin in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vitomir Starokin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kara Bhattacharya, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanislav Búlgarov in the 26th minute of play forced India's goalkeeper Anyuna Parab to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bulgaria's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ginyo Tzutzekov in the 27th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Bulgaria's goal looked a bit too open when Dhritiman Judge came free, but Vitomir Starokin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th minute, Kara Bhattacharya left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The India fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Kara Bhattacharya kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Anyuna Parab came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by Bulgaria's Parvan Dakelov. But to his dismay, Parvan Dakelov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Anyuna Parab showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Parvan Dakelov in the 46th minute of the match. Ilko Hindalov hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match.

The wind increased when Subhash Paranjpe made the kick off in the second half. Vitomir Starokin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Subhash Paranjpe in the 68th minute of the match. 72 minutes into the match, India's goal looked a bit too open when Tzvetan Mudrov came free, but Anyuna Parab reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bulgaria's Marko Ruskov was substituted for Stanislav Búlgarov. India's Anyuna Parab proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save India from getting a goal against them. Anyuna Parab took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marko Ruskov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With an all-out effort, Bulgaria's Anyuna Parab threw himself towards the right post 88 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Parvan Dakelov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 93rd minute, Marko Ruskov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anyuna Parab was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2.