National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Yanislav Ruzhinov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Bulgaria's Orlin Ivanchov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 2nd minute of the match, managed to save Bulgaria from getting a goal against them. Gabriel Bungeanu in the 2ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Orlin Ivanchov, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 4 minutes into the game, Cătălin Corbuț threw the ball into play from the sideline. Bulgaria's Fotyo Neshkov quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The audience was convinced that Yanislav Ruzhinov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Teodor Aliuta was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Orlin Ivanchov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivan Groșan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 9 minutes into the match, Bulgaria's goalkeeper Orlin Ivanchov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dinu Jivulescu. In the 10th minute, Ivan Groșan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Orlin Ivanchov. The goal made the score 1-0. Dinu Jivulescu's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Orlin Ivanchov firmly grabbed it by the left post. With a little luck, Bulgaria's Orlin Ivanchov got control of the ball when Dinu Jivulescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Dinu Jivulescu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Orlin Ivanchov. That made the score 2-0 in the 15 minute of play. Bulgaria's Orlin Ivanchov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Bulgaria from getting a goal against them. Romania's Teodor Aliuta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yanislav Ruzhinov in the 21st minute of play. With an all-out effort, Romania's Orlin Ivanchov threw himself towards the right post 26 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ivan Groșan, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a rather tough play, Romania's Gabriel Ilieș got a free kick in the 28th minute. Teodor Aliuta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yanislav Ruzhinov, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Bulgaria's attentive Fotyo Neshkov managed to snatch the ball when Cătălin Corbuț made a throw-in in the 39th minute of the game. Dencho Glishev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 42 minutes into the match, Bulgaria's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Groșan came free, but Orlin Ivanchov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dencho Púkov lost his temper 42 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 46th match minute, Bulgaria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dencho Glishev to maneuver through the defense. Mihnea Grozuță missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 49 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Orlin Ivanchov right hand side. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.
In the 56th minute, Dinu Jivulescu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Orlin Ivanchov was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Orlin Ivanchov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dinu Jivulescu in the 60th minute of the match. Romania's Paul Măguran was substituted for Codruț Voina. A throw-in in the 62nd minute of the game was made by Cătălin Corbuț with Marshall Eriksen as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Teodor Aliuta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dencho Glishev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dencho Glishev took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Teodor Aliuta. Teodor Aliuta dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Bulgaria made a substitution. Bocho Atzkov replaced Yanislav Ruzhinov. In the 74th minute Gabriel Bungeanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Orlin Ivanchov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Orlin Ivanchov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dinu Jivulescu went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. When Dencho Glishev fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bulgaria's protests and gave Dencho Glishev a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Bulgaria's Dencho Glishev got a free kick in the 93rd minute. The supporters of Romania booed when Bulgaria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ginyo Kukenski didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Romania fans cheered their team off the field, for while Bulgaria had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.
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