Bulgaria Under-16 national team recorded a loss and a victory against Niedersachsen U16 in two friendlies, played in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The first game which was played at “Tsarsko selo” Sports Complex on Sunday, 9th and ended with a 1:0 victory for the visitors. Malte Vengerovski was accurate in the 53rd minute.

The goalie Ivan Dichevski made a couple of good saves. Martin Minchev and Stanislav Shopov could have leveled the game, but missed their chances.

Bulgaria: Ivan Dichevski – C., Dimitar Radoslavov Balinov, Gabriel Zemyarski, Tomislav Papazov, Aleksander Makris (59-Dimitar Blagoev Balinov), Kristiyan Varbanov (55-Ivan Angelov), Stanislav Shopov, Iyad Hamud (70-Aleksander Bakalov), Vladimir Nikolov (66-Filip Krastev), Kristian Dobrev (41-Luchezar Georgiev), Martin Minchev (67-Ivan Vasilev)

Coach: Viktorio Pavlov

The second game at “Tsarsko selo” was played on Tuesday, 11th and ended with a 1:0 for Bulgaria. The young "lions" created more clear scoring opportunities than their opponents, as they demonstrated  big desire to play, motivation and team spirit.

Ivan Vasilev netted the ball in the 58th minute.

The two teams ended the match with one men less. Max Brand and Vladimir Nikolov were send off after receiving red cards.

Bulgaria U16: Ivan Dichevski - C (Tsvetelin Stavrev), Dimitar Radoslavov Balinov (Aleksander Makris), Tomislav Papazov (Andrey Yordanov), Dimitar Blagoev Balinov (Daniel Stoyanov), Gabriel Zemyarski, Ivan Angelov (Vladimir Nikolov), Stanislav Shopov, Ivan Ivanov (Filip Krastev), Kristiyan Foti (Angel Ignatov), Lachezar Georgiev (Kristiyan Varbanov), Martin Minchev (Ivan Vasilev)

Coach: Viktorio Pavlov

Yellow cards: Ivan Angelov, Tomislav Papazov

Red card: Max Brand - 2  yellow cards (Niedersachsen), Vladimir Nikolov (Bulgaria)

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