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Bulgarians edge to final berth

Published: Sunday 24 June 2007, 15.10CET
Eastern Region AMA 0-0 South-East Region AMA Hosts South-East Region are into Tuesday's decider after denying the team from Northern Ireland.
by Pete Sanderson
from Hadzhji Dimitar Stadium
Bulgarians edge to final berth
A hard-fought draw with Eastern Region Northern Ireland took South East Region Bulgaria into the final ©Sportsfile
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Published: Sunday 24 June 2007, 15.10CET

Bulgarians edge to final berth

Eastern Region AMA 0-0 South-East Region AMA Hosts South-East Region are into Tuesday's decider after denying the team from Northern Ireland.

Bulgarian hosts South-East Region AMA clinched a place in the UEFA Regions' Cup final after holding Eastern Region AMA of Northern Ireland to a goalless draw in Sliven.

Favourable result
Although South-East Region trailed Tuzla Canton AMA by one goal at kick-off, the Bosnia-Herzegovnian side lost 2-0 to Basse-Normandie AMA and slipped to second in Group A behind the hone representatives. The Bulgarrians had the better of the chances with Plamen Stoyanov a constant menace to the Northern Irish back four. The forward had three chances to give the impressive home support the goal they craved but was twice foiled by the heroics of Eastern Region goalkeeper Ryan Brown and once by his own finishing.

Irish chances
Eastern Region twice went close in the first half through Liam Kearney and Robbie Budden and could have stolen the match at the death when Ryan Moffat sent a screaming effort fizzing over the bar. But the Bulgarian side held on and will play Poland's Dolnoslaski AMA here on Tuesday for the title, hoping to go one better than compatriots South-West Region-Sofia AMA who lost the last final two years ago to Basque Country AMA.

Last updated: 23/01/09 14.46CET

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Lineups

Northern Ireland

Eastern NIR

Bulgaria

South-East Region AMA (BUL)

5Gerald Boyle16Emanuil Borisov
8Liam Bradley (C)8Boris Galchev (C)
Yellow Card58
1Ryan Brown (GK)7Aleksandar Georgiev
15Robbie Budden
Yellow Card51
Substitution70
6Jordan Hrakov
9Thomas Duffy2Maetodi Iliev
Yellow Card25
14Andy Forsythe
Substitution85
1Ivayla Marinov (GK)
17Liam Kearney
Yellow Card16
9Ivan Petkov
Substitution81
6Darren Kitson
Yellow Card30
3Petar Petrov
2Mark Quinn
Yellow Card35
5Kostadin Stoyanov
13Jamie Tomelty
Substitution90+1
17Plamen Stoyanov
Substitution72
3Aaron Walsh10Asen Valchev
Substitution57

Substitutes

10Mark Craig15Vasil Bojikov
19Timothy Grant
Substitution85
20Nikolai Boyadjieev
Substitution72
18Glenn Hand19Dimo Dimov
12Stephen Harbinson (GK)11Tihomir Naidenov
20Richard Higgins
Substitution90+1
13Mihail Nedelchev
Substitution57
11Johnny Jordan18Krasimir Stoyanov
7Ryan Moffat
Substitution70
4Boyan Stoyanov
4Ryan Murray12Ivan Tsarvarishki (GK)
16Aaron Thornton14Tentcho Gueorguiev
Substitution81

Coach

Harry McConkey (NIR) Angel Stankov (BUL)

Referee

Henrik Nystrup Kragh (DEN)

Assistant referees

Martin Wulff (DEN), Petr Slavik (CZE)

Fourth official

Radek Matějek (CZE)

Legend:

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  • Own goalOwn goal
  • PenaltiesPenalties
  • Missed PenaltiesMissed Penalties
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  • SubstitutionSubstitution

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