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National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sava Dodov took the kick off in the first half of the match. U21 Romania's Vlad Joldea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radoy Gilev in the 5th minute of play. 5 minutes into the game, Goliath Phoenix was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Romania's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Bulgaria the free kick. In the 11thth minute of the game Marin Seretliev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Romania's Vlad Joldea was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 12th minute Sava Dodov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vlad Joldea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vlad Joldea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sava Dodov in the 14th minute of the match. U21 Bulgaria's Stoyan Teodosiev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Bulgaria from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leontin Titulescu during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 19th match minute, U21 Romania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leontin Titulescu to maneuver through the defense. Vlad Joldea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sava Dodov, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. 24 minutes into the match, Sava Dodov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vlad Joldea. U21 Romania's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sava Dodov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sava Dodov in the 30th minute of play forced U21 Romania's goalkeeper Vlad Joldea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Goliath Phoenix had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 32 minutes into the match, U21 Bulgaria's goal looked a bit too open when Goliath Phoenix came free, but Stoyan Teodosiev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 34 minutes of play U21 Romania's Leontin Titulescu was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 35 played minutes U21 Romania got a freekick which was hit by Leontin Titulescu. In the 37th minute, Martin Arseni 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. Martin Arseni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With an all-out effort, U21 Romania's Stoyan Teodosiev threw himself towards the right post 41 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Martin Arseni, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 43rdth minute of the game Martin Arseni who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Bulgaria's Stoyan Teodosiev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Goliath Phoenix had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Martin Arseni made a kick off. Vlad Joldea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marin Seretliev in the 61st minute of the match. Veselin Vezenkov's late challenge caught a U21 Romania's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Veselin Vezenkov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 67th match minute, U21 Bulgaria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Veselin Vezenkov to maneuver through the defense. U21 Bulgaria made a substitution. Neno Nozharov replaced Marin Seretliev. In the 68th match minute, U21 Bulgaria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Veselin Vezenkov to maneuver through the defense. U21 Bulgaria's Stoyan Teodosiev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ionică Buculeasa in the 83rd minute of play. U21 Bulgaria made a substitution. Bozhko Shtúrkelov replaced Kuncho Milenkov. U21 Bulgaria's Trendafil Ezekiev was substituted for Veselin Vezenkov. Stoyan Teodosiev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ionică Buculeasa's shot from short distance in the 94th minute. Stoyan Teodosiev didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when U21 Romania's Ionică Buculeasa shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute.