National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 이 비 took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Naycho Dotzov 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. Bulgaria's Bogdan Samokovliyski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Bulgaria from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Petkov in the 9th minute of play forced South Korea's goalkeeper 박 오 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ilko Hindalov hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute, Martin Petkov 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. Martin Petkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 박 오 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Petkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. After 18 played minutes South Korea got a freekick which was hit by Bittor Coffee. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Petkov in the 19th minute of play forced South Korea's goalkeeper 박 오 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 박 오 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Petkov in the 22nd minute of play. Velyo Denchev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 박 오 having to interfere. Martin Petkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 박 오 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Petkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Martin Petkov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bulgaria's supporters rose to their feet, but Martin Petkov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 박 오 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 박 오 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Martin Petkov's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. With an all-out effort, South Korea's Bogdan Samokovliyski threw himself towards the right post 36 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from 이 비, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. South Korea's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gucci Dragon in the 38th minute. Martin Petkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Martin Petkov took the ball and in the 45 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 박 오. 박 오 dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1.
The throw-in from Gucci Dragon in the 54th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Bulgaria's Ignat Nozharov. The audience thought a goal was coming when Martin Petkov got free with 박 오 in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to South Korea getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Bittor Coffee hit a great ball. Bittor Coffee hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. 박 오 made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Martin Petkov sent off a good shot on target. Son Head Son's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bogdan Samokovliyski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 65th minute of play. 65 minutes into the game, Son Head Son cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Bogdan Samokovliyski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. South Korea made a substitution. 섭 빙 replaced Son Head Son. Bulgaria made a substitution. Velichko Dúrov replaced Lachezar Kavaldzhiev. South Korea's 박 오 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save South Korea from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Bulgaria's Marko Ruskov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of 박 오. That made the score 1-2 after 75 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marko Ruskov in the 84th minute of play forced South Korea's goalkeeper 박 오 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bulgaria's attentive Ignat Nozharov managed to snatch the ball when 이 삼 made a throw-in in the 85th minute of the game. In the 86th minute, Bulgaria's Marko Ruskov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind 박 오. 박 오 yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. South Korea's 이 비 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Velyo Denchev, made in the 92nd minute of the game. If 섭 빙 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 93 minutes into the match, Bulgaria's goal looked a bit too open when 섭 빙 came free, but Bogdan Samokovliyski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 94 minutes into the match, Marko Ruskov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 박 오. South Korea's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marko Ruskov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. The South Korea supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Bulgaria's performance. The match ended with a win for Bulgaria.
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