National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) When U21 Bulgaria's Vangel Tuparev in the 6th minute got a chance for a shot 6th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Mexico's goalie prevented a goal. Jonas Cordarin hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Emil Kostadinov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulo Obeko having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emil Kostadinov in the 9th minute of play forced U21 Mexico's goalkeeper Paulo Obeko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 10th minute, Eriberto Bertol hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12thth minute of the game Vangel Tuparev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Mexico's Paulo Obeko was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 12th minute, Alejo Toro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 13th minute, Emil Kostadinov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 14th minute, Vangel Tuparev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paulo Obeko was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 22 minutes into the match, U21 Mexico's Alejo Toro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Presiyan Vidinov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Violet Shishedzhiev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Toshko Hesapchiev kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jonas Cordarin during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 29th minute, Jonas Cordarin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. U21 Mexico's Paulo Obeko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emil Kostadinov in the 30th minute of play. Paulo Obeko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vangel Tuparev in the 31st minute of play. Paulo Obeko stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vangel Tuparev's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. Paulo Obeko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vangel Tuparev in the 33rd minute of the match. U21 Bulgaria's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Zlatko Bondikov in the 35th minute. In the 36th minute Vangel Tuparev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo Obeko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the U21 Mexico defense, Vangel Tuparev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Paulo Obeko. The U21 Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Paulo Obeko should have stopped the shot. After 42 minutes of play, U21 Bulgaria's Vangel Tuparev made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Paulo Obeko was left in no man's land by his defense there! Presiyan Vidinov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Landon Donovan went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score.

Paulo Obeko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emil Kostadinov in the 51st minute. U21 Mexico's Paulo Obeko proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Mexico from getting a goal against them. Svetlin Dudov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Paulo Obeko came out and tried to block the shot, but Svetlin Dudov slotted it home off the left post making it 2-4 in the 55th minute. U21 Bulgaria's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Zlatko Bondikov in the 60th minute. The corner ended in Zlatko Bondikov almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but U21 Mexico's Paulo Obeko did a great save. U21 Bulgaria made a substitution. Stoyko Ormanov replaced Zlatko Bondikov. Paulo Obeko made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Emil Kostadinov sent off a good shot on target. In the 77th minute, Abel Delfino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. U21 Bulgaria made a substitution. Vihar Hrusanov replaced Emil Kostadinov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vangel Tuparev in the 84th minute of play forced U21 Mexico's goalkeeper Paulo Obeko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Epifanio Senen's late challenge caught a U21 Bulgaria's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Epifanio Senen helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to U21 Mexico getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Epifanio Senen hit a great ball. 87 minutes into the game, U21 Bulgaria's Vangel Tuparev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Paulo Obeko made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-5. Paulo Obeko was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Svetlin Dudov showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-6 in the 95 minute of play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. U21 Bulgaria had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.