Prized/Friendly Cup

Bosuil 2.0
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Diederick Meulders started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Bacardi FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oliver Pluijssens to maneuver through the defense. When Yuli Blagiev came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Tigers of Bistritsa 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 Yuli Blagiev couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Bacardi FC's Oliver Pluijssens got a free kick in the 14th minute. After 15 played minutes, Tigers of Bistritsa's Subin Panicherski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Joannes Neels came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Tigers of Bistritsa reached it. Diederick Meulders sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience was convinced that Yuli Blagiev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joannes Neels was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. In the 23rd minute Yuli Blagiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joannes Neels saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 23 minutes into the game, Yuli Blagiev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Joannes Neels was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Yuli Blagiev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 31st minute of the match Tigers of Bistritsa got a corner. Bacardi FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Subin Panicherski ran over to the corner to take the kick. Diederick Meulders recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Tzvetomir Bostandzhiev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tigers of Bistritsa's supporters rose to their feet, but Tzvetomir Bostandzhiev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Joannes Neels breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Yuli Blagiev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Joannes Neels made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evtim Papazov in the 46th minute of play. The Bacardi FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Tigers of Bistritsa were winning 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Yuli Blagiev was the one to do the kick off. Yuli Blagiev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Joannes Neels tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 54th play minutes Yuli Blagiev shot 0-3, a short shot which went by Joannes Neels and just under the crossbar into goal. Evtim Papazov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Joannes Neels tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Prodan Elenski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dany-Adams Aelgoet in the 59th minute of play. If Yuli Blagiev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oliver Pluijssens's late challenge caught a Tigers of Bistritsa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Oliver Pluijssens helped the player get up and apologised. Oliver Pluijssens hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. In the 63rd minute of the match Subin Panicherski sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Joannes Neels skillfully saved the ball. In the 65th minute, Tigers of Bistritsa's Yuli Blagiev ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Joannes Neels. Joannes Neels yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. Evtim Papazov was extremely unlucky when he, in the 70th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Prodan Elenski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dany-Adams Aelgoet, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Evtim Papazov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Joannes Neels made a huge save. In the 89th minute, Yuli Blagiev got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Yuli Blagiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joannes Neels having to interfere. Yuli Blagiev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Joannes Neels made a huge save. Tigers of Bistritsa's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.