
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.
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Eastern NIR | South-East Region AMA (BUL) | ||||
| 5 | Gerald Boyle | 16 | Emanuil Borisov | ||
| 8 | Liam Bradley (C) | 8 | Boris Galchev (C) | ||
| 1 | Ryan Brown (GK) | 7 | Aleksandar Georgiev | ||
| 15 | Robbie Budden | 6 | Jordan Hrakov | ||
| 9 | Thomas Duffy | 2 | Maetodi Iliev | ||
| 14 | Andy Forsythe | 1 | Ivayla Marinov (GK) | ||
| 17 | Liam Kearney | 9 | Ivan Petkov | ||
| 6 | Darren Kitson | 3 | Petar Petrov | ||
| 2 | Mark Quinn | 5 | Kostadin Stoyanov | ||
| 13 | Jamie Tomelty | 17 | Plamen Stoyanov | ||
| 3 | Aaron Walsh | 10 | Asen Valchev | ||
Substitutes | |||||
| 10 | Mark Craig | 15 | Vasil Bojikov | ||
| 19 | Timothy Grant | 20 | Nikolai Boyadjieev | ||
| 18 | Glenn Hand | 19 | Dimo Dimov | ||
| 12 | Stephen Harbinson (GK) | 11 | Tihomir Naidenov | ||
| 20 | Richard Higgins | 13 | Mihail Nedelchev | ||
| 11 | Johnny Jordan | 18 | Krasimir Stoyanov | ||
| 7 | Ryan Moffat | 4 | Boyan Stoyanov | ||
| 4 | Ryan Murray | 12 | Ivan Tsarvarishki (GK) | ||
| 16 | Aaron Thornton | 14 | Tentcho Gueorguiev | ||
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) | |||||