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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Yordan Ralovski made the kick off which started today's match. Evgeniy Buznikin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vangel Tuparev in the 4th minute of the match. 6 minutes into the match, Russia's goal looked a bit too open when Yordan Ralovski came free, but Evgeniy Buznikin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 7 minutes into the match, Russia's goal looked a bit too open when Yordan Ralovski came free, but Evgeniy Buznikin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Evgeniy Buznikin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vangel Tuparev, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Panteleimon Chernenko made in the 18th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Dmitriy Uvarov however managed to control. The throw-in from Panteleimon Chernenko in the 19th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Bulgaria's Yane Baylov. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Yordan Ralovski in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Evgeniy Buznikin saved Russia from getting behind. In the 28th minute Vangel Tuparev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evgeniy Buznikin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dmitriy Uvarov in the 31st minute of play forced Bulgaria's goalkeeper Vesko Menev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute, Vladimir Blyukherov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 35 minutes, Vangel Tuparev made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Russia's Evgeniy Buznikin tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 38th minute, Pancho Pavlevchev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 40 minutes into the match, Bulgaria's Vangel Tuparev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Evgeniy Buznikin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 46th minute Vangel Tuparev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evgeniy Buznikin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Bulgaria's Yordan Ralovski managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Panteleimon Chernenko in the 57 minute of the game. Evgeniy Buznikin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vangel Tuparev in the 63rd minute of the match. Russia's Evgeniy Buznikin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Russia from getting a goal against them. In the 69th minute, Yordan Ralovski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Evgeniy Buznikin. The goal made the score 0-2. Yordan Ralovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evgeniy Buznikin having to interfere. Russia made a substitution. Viktor Avdeev replaced Irakliy Pavlov. Evgeniy Buznikin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yordan Ralovski in the 78th minute. Evgeniy Buznikin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yordan Ralovski's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Evgeniy Buznikin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vangel Tuparev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 85 minutes into the match, Bulgaria's goal looked a bit too open when Marat Simchenko came free, but Vesko Menev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 87 minutes, Evgeniy Buznikin successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 90 minutes of play, Russia's Viktor Avdeev made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vesko Menev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bulgaria made a substitution. Goran Slúnchev replaced Vangel Tuparev. Bulgaria made a substitution. Spiro Pishimarov replaced Plamen Chokanov. Evgeniy Buznikin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Goran Slúnchev in the 95th minute. The Russia manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Bulgaria to win.