Bulgaria U16 – Croatia U16 0:2 (0:2)
Goalscorers: Jurica Bajic (15), Jurica Prsir (38)
Yellow cards: Petar Mukulic (2), Juraj Ljubic
Red cards: Petar Mikulic
Bulgaria U16: 1. Damyan Damyanov, 2. Veselin Veskov (64- Nikolay Tomov), 3. Martin Mihaylov, 5. Dimitar Mitev, 6. Iliya Gruev, 8. Metodi Stefanov, 10. Stefan Metodiev (55-Methodi Dinov), 11. Kristiyan Dimitrov – (C) (41- Georgi Stoyanov), 17. Pier Pierov, 21. Angel Karakashev (78-Mitko Mitkov), 9. Dzhoskhun Mihaylov
Head Coach: Aleksander Georgiev
Croatia U16: 1. Dominik Kotarski (41-Vice Bazdaric), 2. Filip Tomaskovic, 3. Petar Mikulic, 4. Ante Palaversa, 5. Josip Sutalo (71-Bosko Sutalo), 6. Stipe Radic, 7. Leon Krekovic (41-Antonio Marin, 78-Matthew Anton Laic), 8. Leon Habib Ernst (59-Di Mateo Lovric), 10. Jurica Prsir (59-Tomislav Dumlijan), 17. Jurica Bajic (41-Dino Kapitanovic, 78-Juraj Ljubic), 18. Mikele Sego (41-Roko Baturina)
Head Coach: Dario Basic
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (BUL)
Images: LAP.bg
The Bulgarian Under-16 national team suffered a 0:2 defeat against Croatia U16 in its second game of UEFA`s Development Tournament in Albena.
First half:
The “young lions” could have opened the scoring in the early stages of the game, but didn`t manage to take advantage of the opposition`s mistakes in defence. Kun Mihaylov and Stefan Metodiev missed their chances.
A few minutes later the guests responded and organized a fast counterattack. Mikele Sego was left one-on-one with the goalie and shot, but Damyanov kept his nerve and saved.
In the 13th minute Kun Mihaylov shot from the penalty area, but the ball was blocked by a defender.
120 seconds later the Croats opened the score. Damyan Damyanov made a mistake, Jurica Bajic took the ball and gave his team the lead.
In the fallowing minutes Bulgaria was dominating on the pitch. The Bulgarians created a couple of scoring opportunities, but in the first case Kotarski reacted quickly and prevented Kun from stealing the ball. In the second attempt Gruev`s header went wide.
Two minutes before the end of the first part the guest doubled their lead. Jurica Bajic stole the ball in Bulgaria`s half, advanced forward and sended the ball home with a strong shot from 20 meters.
Second half:
During the second part the Croats were the better side on the pitch.
Damyanov made a vital save after stopping Ernst`s shot who was left one-on-one with him.
In the 57th minute Petar Mukulic was sent-off for a second yellow card.
With a Man Up on the pitch, the “young lions” created several good scoring chances, but the result remained the same.
Kun had a chance in stoppage time, but his shot was saved by Bazdaric.
In the other match, Romania beat Georgia 1:0.
Bulgaria`s third and last games is against Romania. The match will be played on Friday, at 11:00 hrs., at “Albena 1” Stadium.
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