The teams of Luxembourg U21 and Bulgaria U21 finished 0:0 in a qualifier for EURO 2017 played at "Henri Dunant" Stadium in Beggen.
The Bulgarians had plenty of goalscoring opportunities, but failed to materialize them.
Antoni Zdravkov`s team dominated on the pitch, as the “young lions” had superior ball possession and were aggressive enough. The host relied primarily on counterattacks.
In the 10th minute Radoslav Tsonev had a good chance to open the scoring, but missed the target.
Until the break Nikola Kolev, Miki Orachev, Milen Gamakov, Kristiyan Malinov, Aleksander Vasilev and Radoslav Tsonev could have scored, but missed their chances.
In the second half the situation didn`t change. The Luxembourgers were defending in most of the time and the Bulgarians were trying to find a way to net the ball.
In the 56th minute Aleksander Vasilev was left one-on-one with the goalie and shot, but missed the target.
Seven minutes later Vutov tried his luck from 20 meters, but the ball went wide.
In the final minutes the host could have won the game after a fast counter attack, but Kitanov saved Thill`s shot.
In the other matches of our group Denmark beat Armenia with 3:1 as guest and Romania won against Wales with 2:1 as host.
Denmark is leading the group with 16 points and a game in hand. Romania is second with 13, followed by Wales with 12. Bulgaria has 11 points and occupies the fourth place. The teams of Luxembourg and Armenia are in the last two places with 2 and 1 points.
Yellow cards: Valentin Roulez, Glenn Borges (Luxembourg); Georgi Kitanov (Bulgaria)
Bulgaria U21: 1. Georgi Kitanov, 4. Miki Orachev, 13. Stefan Velkov, 14. Emin Ahmed, 18. Milen Gamakov – (C), 8. Nikola Kolev, 21. Radoslav Tsonev (73-Tsvetelin Chunchukov), 15. Krristyan Malinov, 19. Aleksander Vasilev (75-Dimitar Velkovski), 20. Antonio Vutov (64-Yuliyan Nenov), 10. Georgi Minchev
Luxembourg U21: 1. Valentin Roulez, 2. Noe Ewert, 4. Aldin Skenderovic, 5. Ben Vogel (C), 6. Nenad Dragovic, 7. Kevin Kerger (88-Olivier Thill), 9. Jeff Lascak (62-Edvin Muratovic), 10. Danel Sinani, 11. Ricardo Couto Pinto, 14. Florian Bohnert (62-Glenn Borges), 15. Dirk Carlson
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj (ALB)
Assistant referees: Rejdi Avdo (ALB), Dojando Myftari (ALB)
Fourth official: Cjapi Kreshnik (ALB)
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