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National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Vanko Tinev made the kick off and thus started the match. Slavi Nedev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mohammad Westbrook, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. If Diego Alvarado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. U21 Bulgaria's Slavi Nedev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bennett Howell in the 14th minute of play. Slavi Nedev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mohammad Westbrook in the 17th minute of the match. U21 United States's Roland Parker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nedko Dzhamalov in the 18th minute of play. Roland Parker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nedko Dzhamalov in the 22nd minute of play. If Nedko Dzhamalov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. U21 United States's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dennis Horton in the 32nd minute. After taking down the ball on U21 United States's corner Diego Forlan fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Slavi Nedev quite easily take care of the ball. Slavi Nedev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Alvarado, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Momchil Tegarkov hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Slavi Nedev was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Dennis Horton. Vance Boyle got a throw-in 38 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Vance Boyle. Slavi Nedev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Alvarado, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Roland Parker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nedko Dzhamalov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Slavi Nedev made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Diego Forlan sent off a good shot on target. Roland Parker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vanko Tinev, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mohammad Westbrook was the one to do the kick off. Roland Parker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nedko Dzhamalov in the 58th minute of play. Roland Parker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nedko Dzhamalov in the 61st minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Mohammad Westbrook ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Slavi Nedev was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Nano Postolov's late challenge caught a U21 United States's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nano Postolov helped the player get up and apologised. 71 minutes into the match, Mohammad Westbrook had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Slavi Nedev. U21 Bulgaria's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mohammad Westbrook was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. With a little luck, U21 United States's Roland Parker got control of the ball when Vanko Tinev tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vanko Tinev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Roland Parker made a huge save. In the 80th match minute, U21 Bulgaria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nano Postolov to maneuver through the defense. Nedko Dzhamalov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Roland Parker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Diego Alvarado took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Slavi Nedev. Slavi Nedev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Forlan in the 92nd minute of play forced U21 Bulgaria's goalkeeper Slavi Nedev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nedko Dzhamalov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Slavi Nedev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mohammad Westbrook, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 United States walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.