U23 League

Bulgarian army
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) SK Dreigoten's Sam Roelants 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. In the 4th match minute, ФК Фанагория was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikola Ochkov to maneuver through the defense. 5 minutes into the match, ФК Фанагория's goal looked a bit too open when Fransesco Jenken came free, but Velichko Mitrakiev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jo Maerschalcx took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Genko Madin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 13 minutes ФК Фанагория's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jacky Wauters who took care of the corner kick. Velichko Mitrakiev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Roelants, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Velichko Mitrakiev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fransesco Jenken in the 17th minute of the match. Milko Laskov kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Velichko Mitrakiev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacky Wauters, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Cornelis Meys had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 33rd minute Sam Roelants shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Velichko Mitrakiev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fransesco Jenken sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Velichko Mitrakiev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cornelis Meys, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The ФК Фанагория players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. SK Dreigoten were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Kuzman Ostrev made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, ФК Фанагория was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kubrat Shopski to maneuver through the defense. Jacky Wauters struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Velichko Mitrakiev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SK Dreigoten. Sam Roelants sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jo Maerschalcx made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bilyan Kúrlev in the 65th minute of play. Kuzman Ostrev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jo Maerschalcx having to interfere. After having played for 68 minutes, Fransesco Jenken managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SK Dreigoten's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fransesco Jenken was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in ФК Фанагория's zone, Fransesco Jenken stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Velichko Mitrakiev came out of the goal and Fransesco Jenken tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Fransesco Jenken's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Velichko Mitrakiev was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. SK Dreigoten's Floris Van Glabeeke was substituted for Augustijn van Hacht. 87 minutes into the match, ФК Фанагория's goal looked a bit too open when Fransesco Jenken came free, but Velichko Mitrakiev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cornelis Meys's late challenge caught a ФК Фанагория's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cornelis Meys helped the player get up and apologised. Cornelis Meys kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, SK Dreigoten's Cornelis Meys got a free kick in the 89th minute. After a rather tough play, ФК Фанагория's Tzolo Babanski got a free kick in the 90th minute. When the match was over SK Dreigoten could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ФК Фанагория throughout the match.