Bulgaria vs Hungary: Will today Bulgaria perform better?

Unfortunately, the home team has not won any match in this season of Euro qualifications. They just lost with two goals to nil against Lithuania. The Lithuanians started taking control in the second half. They played well at first but things changed for the worse as Andrian Kraev was issued with a red-card towards the end of the first half, and that’s when the Lithuanians took over control.

However, Hungary is performing quite fine in the qualifiers trying to reach the third-time finals. They managed to score twice for a point, starting in the second-half with goals by Dominik Szoboszlai and Barnabas Varga after trailing by two goals at half time against Lithuania.

Let’s take a look at today’s match highlights:

1st half begins!

• Martin Ádáam of Hungary wins a foul by Ilie Gruev and gets free kick in attack half.; A few moments later, Dominik Szoboszlai makes a far range right-footed attempt from more than 35 yards, which is deflected away off the left post, having been assisted by Adam Nagy coming from a corner.
• In the first minute, Callum Styles of the Hungary misses away a left-footed shot from a difficult angle to the left and assists Dominic Szoboszla.
• A foul committed by Spas Div of Bulogria at 2 minutes.
• Dénes Dibusz receives a free-kick in defensive area, Hungary.
• Shortly afterwards to the fourth minute, a free kick is awarded against Bulgaria’s Aleks Petkov in the defensive half of Hungary, which is headed by Martin Ádám.
• Hungary is awarded a corner kick in the 5th minute thanks to Aleks Petkov. After the corner, Martin Ádám heads one into the center of the box, assisted by Calum Styles, but goes too high into goal.
• Valentin Antov of Bulgaria fouled in the seventh minute and was booked with a yellow card for the horrible tackle. The player called Dominik Szoboszlai wins a free kick for the Hungarian team on the right wing.
• Domink Szoboszlai gets a knock, with the game being temporarily halted at some point.
• Goal scored by Hungary in the ninth minute. Martin Adáms scores a goal at the bottom right corner after an assisted cross of a set piece by Domink Szoboszlái for a one-nil advantage against bulgaria.
• On 11’ minute of the game Hungarian Adam Nagy attempted scoring far more than 35 yards away by shoots with his right foot which missed going to the right side.
• 13th min: Hungary; Loïc Négo, right footed, blocked from a distance.
• Dominik Szoboszlai shoots the ball in 16^{th} minute and it goes wide. It had been prepared by Loïc Négo, it would appear.
• At the 18^{th} minute, Bulgaria’s Martin Minchev gets a free kick at his defensive position.7
• A foul by Ádám Lang (Hungarian).
• In the 22 minute, Filip Krastev (Bulgaria) fouls.
• The free kick, Martin Adam comes from Hungary, in defense of his side.
• However, goal for Bulgaria in the 23th minute! The result is a goal for Bulgaria, scored by Spas Delev with his right foot, thus creating a tie as Bulgaria 1 vs Hungary 1. Kiril Despodov assisted the goal.
• Aleks Petkov gets a free kick after 26 minutes in his own half.
• Committing foul by Martin Adam from the Hungary.
• At the 31st minute, Aleks Petkov scores another free kick for Bulgaria.
• A foul is committed against Milos Kerkez, who is from Hungary.
• A foul by Valentin Antov from Bulgaria in the 35th minute.
• Another freekick is won by Martin Ádám from Hungary.
• Valentin Antov receives his second yellow card for a bad foul.
• Ilia Gruev of Bulgaria fouls in the 38th minute.
• By the time minute 39 comes around, after watching the video, they decide not to send-off Ilia Gruev into exile.
• The 41th minute sees Endre Botka receive a caution from Hungary.
• Substitution in Bulgaria in the 42nd minute. The replacement of Ivaylo Chochev by Zhivko Atanasov.
• Milos Kerkez of Hungry falls to ground in the 43rd minute but the referee decides that it is a pretend and does not penalize.
• Milos Kerkez is awarded a yellow card as well.
• Loïc Négo of Hungary makes an attempt for a goal line in the 45^{th} minute plus four. Its near, but to the right of the mark. Ádám Nagy assisted by heading a cross ball.

2nd Half Begins!

• In the 45^th minute, Dominik Szoboszlai from Hungary has a shot saved in the bottom left corner, assisted by Milos Kerkez.
• At the 48th minutes, referee awards Bulgaria with a free kick to defend.
• Hungarian player Kevin Csoboth commits an offence.
• In the 49th minute of play, Filip Krastev is penalized for a foul. A free kick is won by Kevin Csoboth on the right wing.
• The second yellow card is shown to Zhivko Atanasov of Bulgaria in the 50th minute for committing a foul. Another throw is won for Kevin Csoboth in the halfway zone.
• Dominik Szoboszlai’s direct free kick taken out of the box hits wide in the 51st minute.
• Calum Style intervenes in the 53rd minute and stops an attempt of a left-footed shot made by Szoboszlai.
• Attila Szalai helps a shot to the right missed by Callum Styles.
• It is in the 55th minute when Zhivko Atanasov wins a free kick for Bulgaria.
• Kevin Csoboth commits another foul.
• Bulgaria is awarded a free kick in the 65th minute by Aleks Petkov.
• Milos Kerkez of Hungary earns his red card after his second yellow card for foul play.
• Alex Petkov sustains an injury in the 57th minute, halting the gameplay.
• In the 58th minute, Hungary makes a substitution: Zsolt Nagy replaces Kevin Csoboth.
• Zhivko Atanano gives away a corner in the 59th minute and thus Hungary scores.
• At 86th, Lang is prevented by Négo for Hungary in 60.
• The Bulgarians have a free-kick opportunity in their own half, courtesy of Kiril Despodov.
• The foul was committed by Attila Szalai, from Hungary.
• An aid from Nagy in the 61st min saves Martin’s shot for Hungary.
• At the 64th minute Dominik Szoboszlai from Hungary makes an assistance pass to Loic Nego who is unsuccessful in his attempt at a shot.
• Callum Styles assists Dominik Szoboszlai in shooting at Minute 67 for Hungary.
• In the sixty-eighth minute, Spas Delev of Bulgaria shoots and fails assisted by Kiril Despodov.
• There is a corner kick in the 69th minutes by Hungary and against Aleks Petkov.
• Viktor Popov concedes another corner in the 70th minute for Hungary.
• In the 71st minute, Substitution for Bulgaria: Aleksandar Kolev replaces Martin Minchev.
• It is during the 73^rd minute when Spas Delev gets a free kick on behalf of Bulgaria.
• Dominik Szoboszlai commits a foul.
• Substitution for Hungary: András Németh replaces Martin Ádám.
• The penalty for Bulgarian taken in 76 minutes. Attila Szalai fouls Kiril Despodov in the penalty area.
• Goal for Bulgaria in the 77th minute! The penalty is scored by Kiril Despodov leaving the score at 2-1, Bulgaria.
• Filip Krastev fouls in the 79th minute.
• Zhivko Atanasov receives the 80^th minute yellow card for committing a foul. The free kick goes to Hungary in favor of Zsolt Nagy.
• Substitutions for Hungary: In replacement of Endre Potaka is Dániel Gazdag and for Loïc Negou is Zsolt Kalmar.
• In the one hundred eighty first minute, Dominik Szoboszlai’s shot is saved, and one corner is awarded on Hungary’s side.
• In the 83rd minute, Bulgaria makes two substitutions: Georgi Rusev takes over from Kiril Despodov while Ivan Stanislav takes over from Spas Delev.
• A free kick is awarded to Hungary by Dominik Szoboszlai.
• During the 94 minutes of play, Stanislav Ivanov fouled.
• However, the height of the crossbar in which Szoboszlai’s free kick for Hungary just misses is only slightly excessive.
• A free kick in the 85th minute is won by Aleksandar Kolev from Bulgaria.
• The player named Stadislav Ivanko in 84th minute for Bulgaria makes a foul.
• Dominik Szoboszlai, from Hungary, takes the effort but misses a free-kick just over the bar.
• Bulgaria’s Aleksander Kolev gets a card in the 85th minute.
• In the 88th minute, Bulgaria wins a free kick in their attack.
• Hungarian player Dániel Gazdag commits a foul.
• It is the 90th minute when Zsolt Nagy from Hungary makes a foul.
• András Nemeth in Hungary fouls Zhivko Atanasov of Bulgaria in the 90 plus one minute, earning a free kick on their back.
• A shot by Dominik Szoboszlai of Hungary at the 90’+2′ minute. Zsolt Kalmár intervenes to stop a shot from the centre of the box into the bottom right corner.
• The match is delayed by three minutes after ninety (+) and three because of a Bulgarian injury, Daniel Naumov.
• Ilia Gruev fouls in the 90′ + 4″ minute (Bulgaria). A free kick is awarded to Zsolt Kalmár of Hungary in the defensive half.
• A corner is won by Hungary in 90+4′ minute due to the foul made on his own goalpost by Zhivko Atanasov of Bulgaria.
• Dominik Szoboszlai helps to block a header by Attila Szalai in the 90′+5′ minute for Hungary.
• Filip Krastev, a man from Bulgaria commits a foul. Hungary awarded a free kick to Dominik Szoboszlai from the side-line.
• Own goal for Aleks Petkov of Bulgaria in 90 + 6 minute, tied the game at 2 – 2.
• The final score is 2-2 in a tie in the 90’+7′ minute for the second half of the final match between Bulgaria and Hungary.

In the match between Bulgaria and Hungary, it was a 2-2 score at the final whistle. The score for this match indicates that it was a closely contended match in which both sides were equally resolute, strong, and smart enough to split the points among themselves. The game was balanced with both sides scoring twice, thus probably making the audience’s nerves hang by a thread right up until the final whistle.