National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) After some careless play in the U21 Albania defense, Volodya Bekriev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Laze Gjoka. The U21 Albania fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Laze Gjoka should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toncho Baylov in the 15th minute of play forced U21 Albania's goalkeeper Laze Gjoka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laze Gjoka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Levandowsky in the 18th minute of play. In the 21st match minute, U21 Bulgaria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Volodya Bekriev to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toncho Baylov in the 25th minute of play forced U21 Albania's goalkeeper Laze Gjoka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laze Gjoka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Georgi Asparuhov, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Laze Gjoka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Georgi Asparuhov, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Alesandro Nesta was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 35 minutes into the match. The supporters of U21 Bulgaria booed when U21 Albania was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alesandro Nesta didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 36th minute of the match Alesandro Nesta shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Laze Gjoka showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 37th minute U21 Bulgaria were awarded a corner. Alesandro Nesta went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 41st minute Georgi Asparuhov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laze Gjoka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Laze Gjoka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toncho Baylov in the 43rd minute of the match. Nikolay Bonkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frai Shehu, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. U21 Albania's Laze Gjoka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toncho Baylov in the 47th minute of play.

With a little luck, U21 Albania's Laze Gjoka got control of the ball when Robert Levandowsky tried to sneak it across the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, U21 Albania's goal looked a bit too open when Georgi Asparuhov came free, but Laze Gjoka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dorian Stoli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. U21 Bulgaria made a substitution. Ognyan Klyashev replaced Volodya Bekriev. Robert Levandowsky could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Laze Gjoka made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as U21 Bulgaria's Robert Levandowsky slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Laze Gjoka. That made the score 0-5 after 73 minutes of play. Laze Gjoka made an important save on a dangerous shot by Georgi Asparuhov in the 76th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Toncho Baylov got free with Laze Gjoka in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 86 minutes into the match, Georgi Asparuhov dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Laze Gjoka, 0-6. The supporters of U21 Albania booed when U21 Bulgaria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dragolyub Pastirov didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Januz Oparaku in the 90th minute of play forced U21 Bulgaria's goalkeeper Nikolay Bonkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute Frai Shehu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikolay Bonkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 94 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Bulgaria's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ajaz Sulstarova was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Albania's players had a chance to rest. U21 Albania's Ajaz Sulstarova was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nikolay Bonkov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. U21 Bulgaria's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.