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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) 6 minutes in the game Yoncho Prelkov did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Nikolay Karpuzov. Cankut Wakabayashi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislav Búlgarov in the 7th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Bulgaria's Yoncho Prelkov got a free kick in the 8th minute. Cankut Wakabayashi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denimir Tzonkov in the 12th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Bulgaria's zone, Turgut Soyuer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vitomir Starokin came out of the goal and Turgut Soyuer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 15th minute Denimir Tzonkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cankut Wakabayashi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fatih-Sultan Mehmet tried in the game's 16th match minute to clear up in front of his own goal but it went so bad that he put the ball into the goal to the left of an unhappy Cankut Wakabayashi. An annoying self made goal, 1-0. Cankut Wakabayashi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislav Búlgarov in the 22nd minute of the match. Cankut Wakabayashi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Elin Popovski in the 24th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stanislav Búlgarov in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cankut Wakabayashi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanislav Búlgarov in the 29th minute of play forced Turkey's goalkeeper Cankut Wakabayashi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Turgut Soyuer in the 32nd minute of play forced Bulgaria's goalkeeper Vitomir Starokin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elin Popovski in the 33rd minute of play forced Turkey's goalkeeper Cankut Wakabayashi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vitomir Starokin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Turgut Soyuer, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Turkey's Arman Ersan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ginyo Tzutzekov, made in the 37th minute of the game. Turgut Soyuer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitomir Starokin having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Denimir Tzonkov got free with Cankut Wakabayashi in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 41st minute Turgut Soyuer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitomir Starokin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Turkey's Cankut Wakabayashi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stanislav Búlgarov in the 47th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Turgut Soyuer to strike the kick off in the second half. Turkey's Cankut Wakabayashi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stanislav Búlgarov in the 52nd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Turgut Soyuer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Turkey's supporters rose to their feet, but Turgut Soyuer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vitomir Starokin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Turkey made a substitution. Aydın Tor replaced Gürhan Sarıoğlu. Arman Ersan hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. 64 minutes into the match, Aydın Tor notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Bulgaria's Vitomir Starokin. Vitomir Starokin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Çakır Acunman received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vitomir Starokin came out and tried to block the shot, but Çakır Acunman slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 79th minute. Cankut Wakabayashi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stanislav Búlgarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. 84 minutes into the game, Stanislav Búlgarov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Cankut Wakabayashi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cankut Wakabayashi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Parvan Dakelov in the 88th minute of the match. In the 91stth minute of the game Stanislav Búlgarov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Turkey's Cankut Wakabayashi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Parvan Dakelov in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cankut Wakabayashi saved Turkey from getting behind. Vitomir Starokin made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Ata Bircan sent off a good shot on target. Despite being the better team, Bulgaria failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.