Prized/Friendly Cup

Immortal Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vaklin Zhablyanov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Mike Clinton took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nikola Drinov. Nikola Drinov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Mike Clinton did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Nikola Drinov 10 minutes into the match. In the 13th match minute, Inmortales FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Royce Dwyer to maneuver through the defense. Laziali's Nikola Drinov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Laziali from getting a goal against them. Mike Clinton hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Naum Mentov's late challenge caught a Inmortales FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Naum Mentov helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Inmortales FC booed when Laziali was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Naum Mentov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 29th minute of the match Larry Colby shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nikola Drinov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Inmortales FC's Cristopher Herndon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vaklin Zhablyanov in the 30th minute of play. If Mike Travis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doncho Tzvetkov in the 39th minute of play forced Inmortales FC's goalkeeper Cristopher Herndon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 41 played minutes Inmortales FC got a freekick which was hit by Lance Lord. In the 47th minute, Mike Clinton ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nikola Drinov was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. 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 4-0.

54 minutes into the match, Inmortales FC's goal looked a bit too open when Naum Mentov came free, but Cristopher Herndon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mike Clinton's late challenge caught a Laziali's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mike Clinton helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Laziali booed when Inmortales FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mike Clinton didn't get a good kick on the ball. 4-1 came in the 62nd minute when Emanuil Neychev all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Cristopher Herndon. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Argir Fikov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Laziali's supporters rose to their feet, but Argir Fikov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cristopher Herndon breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 72 minutes of play Laziali's Emanuil Neychev was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 73 played minutes Laziali got a freekick which was hit by Emanuil Neychev. Vaklin Zhablyanov kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Nikola Drinov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mike Clinton in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 85th minute Mike Clinton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikola Drinov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Mike Clinton came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Inmortales FC 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 Mike Clinton couldn't finish the play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Inmortales FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Laziali had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.