National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Ramadan Hristov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After having played for 3 minutes, Marko Ruskov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bulgaria's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marko Ruskov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Spase Kastrati was out of position in the 44 minute of play, and Rafail Klenov capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Rafail Klenov really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. 47 minutes into the match, Macedonia's goalkeeper Spase Kastrati had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marko Ruskov. 48 minutes had been played when some careless play by Macedonia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ignat Nozharov was slow to take the kick. During this time Bulgaria's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Ignat Nozharov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Spase Kastrati quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marko Ruskov was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ramadan Hristov got free with Hristofor Borchev in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 61 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bulgaria's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vidoe Gegovski was slow to take the kick. During this time Macedonia's players had a chance to rest. Bulgaria's Marko Ruskov got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Macedonia made a substitution. Jordan Donevski replaced Ognen Čaparovski. Bulgaria made a substitution. Velichko Dúrov replaced Lachezar Kavaldzhiev. Macedonia made a substitution. Emilijano Kitanovski replaced Baškim Sumulikovski. Bulgaria made a substitution. Rangel Parashkevov replaced Ignat Nozharov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marko Ruskov in the 78th minute of play forced Macedonia's goalkeeper Spase Kastrati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hristofor Borchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Deljan Nastevski in the 88th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Bulgaria's Vitomir Starokin got a free kick in the 89th minute. After a rather tough play, Macedonia's Teut Savevski got a free kick in the 96th minute.