National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sava Dodov got the match started through his kick off. U21 Bulgaria's Stoyan Teodosiev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elbrus Li in the 4th minute of play. 13 minutes into the game, Florentino Bortzaioriz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Argentina's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Bulgaria the free kick. U21 Bulgaria's Trendafil Ezekiev was substituted for Veselin Vezenkov. Maxi Estévez's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stoyan Teodosiev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 26th minute of play. 30 minutes into the game, Elbrus Li cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Stoyan Teodosiev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Radoy Gilev's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kepa Arrizabalaga read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. Maxi Estévez's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stoyan Teodosiev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 37th minute of play. U21 Argentina's attentive Melquiades Ponce managed to snatch the ball when Bozhil Kolev made a throw-in in the 40th minute of the game. Kepa Arrizabalaga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sava Dodov in the 45th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Elbrus Li to strike the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Maxi Estévez in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stoyan Teodosiev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Stoyan Teodosiev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elbrus Li in the 53rd minute of play. At last the ball reached Elbrus Li at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of U21 Bulgaria. 3-0. When Maxi Estévez came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the U21 Argentina 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 Maxi Estévez couldn't finish the play. With an all-out effort, U21 Bulgaria's Kepa Arrizabalaga threw himself towards the right post 61 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Radoy Gilev, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. U21 Bulgaria made a substitution. Neno Nozharov replaced Marin Seretliev. Stoyan Teodosiev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Melquiades Ponce, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. After a rather tough play, U21 Bulgaria's Grigor Tzambov got a free kick in the 69th minute. In the 72nd minute, Ignat Datzov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stoyan Teodosiev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elbrus Li, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Stoyan Teodosiev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elbrus Li, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Ignat Datzov kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. After 79 played minutes U21 Bulgaria got a freekick which was hit by Ignat Datzov. U21 Argentina's Elbrus Li got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Elbrus Li in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Stoyan Teodosiev saved U21 Bulgaria from getting behind. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Argentina's zone, Neno Nozharov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kepa Arrizabalaga came out of the goal and Neno Nozharov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. U21 Argentina's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.