Belarus and Bulgaria did not score in a Nations League Group 3 match played on Hungarian soil because of the war in Ukraine.
Ilian Iliev’s men were much better than their opponents and had several excellent chances to open the scoring, but the home team’s keeper Lapoukhov pulled off some classy saves.
A quarter of an hour before the end of regular time, our team was down by one person due to the second yellow card of Filip Krastev, who went to the showers.
The draw leaves us joint second in the group with Belarus, with Northern Ireland leading it after a 2-0 home win over Luxembourg. In our next match, we welcome the British in Plovdiv on September 8.
Today’s tie is another for Bulgaria under the leadership of Ilian Iliev. Since he took over the team we are unbeaten with six draws and a win against Tanzania.
In the 31st minute, Bulgaria made their best attack and got the best chance. Filip Krastev passed to Despodov, who deflected technically to Alex Kolev. Taran volleyed the ball into the far corner for a fantastic save by goalkeeper Fyodor Lapukov. Shortly after, the guard made a double intervention after a volley shot by Despodov and an attempted addition by Kirilov.
Things didn’t change at the start of the second half, with the Belarus goalkeeper making another superb one-handed save in the 53rd minute. This time the challenge came from Radi Kirilov, who feinted a defender and fired into the far corner.
By the end of the match, the substitutions of Ilian Iliev with the inclusion of Ivan Minchev, Martin Minchev and Akhmed Akhmedov refreshed our attack and the team continued to dominate, but could not get the winning goal. Belarus surprisingly defended despite their numerical advantage.
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