National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) Yonko Devendzhiev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Tadeuz Zubov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. U21 Bulgaria's Georgi Asparuhov was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 4th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Robert Levandowsky did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Tadeuz Zubov 9 minutes into the match. Nikolay Bonkov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aleksandr Gaponenko's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. The audience was convinced that Georgi Asparuhov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tadeuz Zubov was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Vitaly Mahnach fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikolay Bonkov having to interfere. Robert Levandowsky took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tadeuz Zubov. Tadeuz Zubov 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. In the 21st minute of the game Subin Barev made a throw-in which Apostol Búlgarov played forward. In the 22nd minute, Robert Levandowsky made a precise shot to the right of Tadeuz Zubov. U21 Belarus's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Tadeuz Zubov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Georgi Asparuhov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Belarus's Tadeuz Zubov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Belarus from getting a goal against them. After 32 minutes, Vadim Salei mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 Belarus and the U21 Bulgaria players grew even worse after the yellow card. Vadim Salei hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 34th minute, Yonko Devendzhiev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tadeuz Zubov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Robert Levandowsky in the 36th minute. Tadeuz Zubov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Georgi Asparuhov in the 39th minute of play. Robert Levandowsky scored 5-0 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tadeuz Zubov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tadeuz Zubov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Georgi Asparuhov in the 47th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

The wind increased when Aleksandr Gaponenko made the kick off in the second half. Vadim Salei hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. After 56 minutes of play, U21 Bulgaria's Yonko Devendzhiev made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tadeuz Zubov was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Robert Levandowsky in the 59th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tadeuz Zubov saved U21 Belarus from getting behind. Yonko Devendzhiev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match had gone on for 66 minutes, Robert Levandowsky put it in 7-0 from a short distance just to the right of Tadeuz Zubov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Georgi Asparuhov in the 69th minute of play forced U21 Belarus's goalkeeper Tadeuz Zubov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Radko Bezhanski kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 83 minutes, the score became 8-0 when Ognyan Klyashev sped through U21 Belarus's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tadeuz Zubov. U21 Bulgaria made a substitution. Volodya Bekriev replaced Ognyan Klyashev. Vadim Salei was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 87 minutes into the match. 87 minutes into the game, one of U21 Belarus:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Vaklin Dobrinski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tadeuz Zubov having to interfere. U21 Bulgaria made a substitution. Dragolyub Pastirov replaced Apostol Búlgarov. Delyan Tzenov made in the 96th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Volodya Bekriev immediately put the ball in play. After having played for 97 minutes, Yonko Devendzhiev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Bulgaria's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yonko Devendzhiev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. U21 Bulgaria walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.