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Bulgaria’s youth team played another fantastic match in recent months, but unfortunately Alexander Dimitrov’s former student reached just 1: 1 on his visit to Poland and almost said goodbye to his chances for Euro 2021.
In the first half, Bulgaria were the best team and deservedly achieved a goal advantage before the break. In the 41st minute, Zdravko Dimitrov, who was forced to enter the field, dismembered Poland’s defense and with an individual action he reached a beautiful goal with a shot from 15 meters with his left foot – 0: 1 for the “lions “. He had appeared in the match at 6 ‘in place of Georgi Rusev, who suffered an ankle injury.
In the second part, the guests again dictated the events on the field, and goalkeeper Camil Grabara became a hero, saving blow after blow. In 65 ‘, however, Bulgaria capitulated in the only collapse of the defense, and that in a cross from a corner. After a corner kick, the ball hit the open Klimala, who shook the crossbar with his shot. The ball was still in play and no one had covered Bida, who caught a meter in Naumov’s door.
At the end of the match, the Bulgarians did their best to reach the goal, but were not decisive in the final phase, in which they made many mistakes in the last pass in the penalty area. Lyaskov and Dimitrov failed in good positions, they found themselves on the left flank of the attack.
The problem of youth corners also reminded us of the troubles that each corner brings in our representative team’s matches. As you know, in three consecutive games Bulgaria scored after being crossed by a corner in the Nations League. Now the youngsters missed their chance at Euro 2021 precisely after a weak defense build on a corner kick.
Bulgaria still has an illusory chance to play in the Old Continent Championship, but must win against Estonia and Poland lose to the last of the group, Latvia. With this development, in all likelihood, Bulgaria will get a barrage for a place in Euro 2021.
WHERE TO SEE POLAND – BULGARIA?
FIRST HALF
The match began with a worrying moment for Bulgaria, after Georgi Rusev suffered an ankle injury shortly after kick-off following a collision in midfield. The medical team even had to go in, but the wing returned to the field. However, seeing that he could not continue playing, he limped down and sat down on the field again and in the 6th minute he was replaced by Zdravo Dimitrov.
In 7 ‘Bulgaria got their first great position. Dominik Yankov smashed the center and with a fantastic technique completely tore apart the opponent’s defensive lead and took Krastev alone against the goalkeeper, but the forward was stopped by Grabara. Subsequently, the judge raised the flag for an ambush.
Just two minutes later, Stanislav Ivanov made a breakthrough down the right wing, invaded the penalty area and attempted a pass to Krastev, but the ball was cleared. He hit Yurukov, who tried a shot from 20 meters, but the ball passed a meter over the gate.
The dominance in possession of the ball in the opening minutes favored the Polish youth team, but the hosts did not reach dangerous positions. Bulgaria had two more speed attacks, which, however, ended without a hit after mistakes by Dimitrov and Krastev in the playoffs in front of Grabara’s door. In the 18th minute the first card of the match was awarded to Listovski after the Pole cynically entered Dominik Yankov’s supporting leg.
In the 22nd minute, Kimala caused a stir in the Bulgarian defense, after Lyaskov easily passed the wing and invaded the penalty area, trying to pass his teammate from the profile, but there Hristov managed to cross and clear the ball. After 3 minutes Yurukov fired again from afar and, although he was right, the ball was directed directly into the goalkeeper’s arms. In the 28th minute, Krastev tried his luck from a distance, but Grabara had no trouble deflecting his shot. Two minutes later, the Poles showed an excellent combination of speed, after Kaminski received the ball from the left wing in the penalty area, he found Puhach, but the shot from the left defender was blocked by a defender, the first shot in the match. for the hosts.
Poland’s rise in the game continued, as in the 31st minute the right flank was broken again and Puhach invaded the penalty area, threw a strong ball for Klimala, but just before reaching him Andrea Hristov managed to deflect the ball. A minute later, the Poles scored with the first accurate shot, but Naumov deflected Bogush’s shot.
In the 41st minute, it was finally time for Bulgaria. Reserve Zdravko Dimitrov received the ball on the left wing and entered the penalty area. In an attempt to free himself to shoot, he left the penalty area, stopped by 3 defenders, but abruptly changed direction, adjusted the ball on his left foot and with a very precise shot in the lower left corner he gave an advance to the “lions “.!
SECOND PART
The second half started with pressure from Poland, since the first real situation for the return of equality was in 50 ‘. When crossing from a corner, the ball was not cleared well and Listovski shot from a 12-meter volley, but sent the ball far from the door. Only 2 minutes later Stanislav Ivanov took advantage of a defense error and tried a shot from 20 meters, but Grabara made a phenomenal save and took a corner.
In the 57th minute, the Polish goalkeeper once again proved himself a hero for his team, after a quick play from right to left between Ivanov, Krastev and Dimitrov ended with a cannon shot from the scorer, but Grabara again took a corner. 6 minutes later, again, the Polish goalkeeper intervened decisively, deflecting a shot from Yankov.
In 65 ‘unfortunately the result was tied. Again, when crossing from a corner, no one covered Klimala, who fired powerful from 12 meters. The ball hit the crossbar, but again the defense “slept” the situation and the Bida subsidiary intercepted from a meter and brought Poland closer to Euro 2021.
After the goal, Bulgaria returned to organize many valuable attacks, but in the final phase the “lions” did not perform well. In the 74th minute Dimitrov was taken off the left wing and, although there were three Bulgarians in the penalty area, he never made a cross, but delayed the attack. 3 minutes later, Yankov led Lyaskov to the middle of Poland, but decided to shoot from 20 meters instead of invading the penalty area, although there was room: 10 minutes to go.
At the end of the match, Martin Minchev and Tomi Yordanov also appeared on the field, but this did not lead to a positive result. In added time, Grabara saved a long shot from Ilian Iliev and that ended Bulgaria’s chances in this match.
TO COMPOSE
Poland: 1. Grabara (k), 4. Rosolek, 5. Kivior, 6. Puhach, 7. Kaminski, 9. Kimala, 13. Pyatkovski, 14. Listkovski, 17. Bogush, 18. Slish, 19. Row
Bulgaria: 1. Daniel Naumov (k), 6. Viktor Popov, 2. Andrea Hristov, 15. Petko Hristov, 4. Angel Lyaskov, 8. Iliya Yurukov, 16. Valentin Antov, 10. Stanislav Ivanov, 20. Dominik Yankov, 13. Georgi Rusev, 17. Kaloyan Krastev
BEFORE THE MEETING:
The youth national team is close to a real feat: qualifying for the European Youth Championship in 2021, but to do so they must defeat their direct opponent, Poland. Alexander Dimitrov’s students are 2 points behind today’s rival.
In case of victory, the “lions” will overtake Poland and take it by 1 point. Then the hardest part will be done. After the game with Poland, Bulgaria will face complete outsider Estonia, where we are expected to win.
However, these two possible wins will also not guarantee us a 100% rating. 5 of the 9 second teams in the groups will qualify. However, the 20 points that we would accumulate with two hits put us in a very advantageous position. First in the group is Russia, which has secured its participation.
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