Bulgaria national under-19 football team lost second match in a row from the UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round. This time the team of Metodi Deyanov lost from Ukraine with 1:5. Kiril Despodov opened the scoring for Bulgaria in the 36th minute. However, the lead lasted very shortly after the Ukrainian team equalised within six minutes. Valeriy Luchkevych was the scorer. Shortly after the start of the second half Viktor Kovalenko gave his team the lead. Practically the game ended for the bulgarians in the 50th minute. The captain Antonio Vutov was sent off after receiving his second caution of the game. With a goal down and 10 men Bulgaria faced mission impossible against Ukraine. Within two minutes between the 75 and 77th Kovalenko and Zubkov gave their team acomfortable lead. In the the 87th minute Andriy Boryachuk scored the last goal to ensure Ukraine`s victory .
Bulgaria`s Line Up:
12. Dimitar Mitov
2. Mario Petkov (54 min. - Martin Kostadinov)
3. Yulian Chapaev
4. Miki Orachev
5. Miroslav Ivanov
6. Yusain Serkan
7. Veselin Lyubomirov (54 min. - Emil Stoev)
9. Kiril Despodov
10. Antonio Vutov - captain
11. Chavdar Ivaylov
16. Bojidar Kraev (60 min. - Nasko Milev)
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