bulgaria v denmark [R]

about 40 minutes to go until this one - gravesen gets in the lineup, gronkjaer does not

Bulgaria (4-5-1): 1-Zdravko Zdravkov; 2-Vladimir Ivanov, 3-Rosen Kirilov, 22-Ilian Stoyanov, 4-Ivailo Petkov; 13-Georgi Peev, 19-Stilian Petrov, 15-Marian Hristov, 17-Martin Petrov, 21-Zoran Jankovic; 9-Dimitar Berbatov.

Denmark (4-3-3): 1-Thomas Sorensen; 6-Thomas Helveg, 4-Martin Laursen, 3-Rene Henriksen, 5-Niclas Jensen; 7-Thomas Gravesen, 9-Jon Dahl Tomasson, 15-Daniel Jensen; 10-Martin Joergensen, 11-Ebbe Sand, 19-Dennis Rommedahl

 

JDT kicks off...

gravesen with a quick hard foul

 

sorry, i meant berbatov kicks off

2'

Njensen hits a cross too hard, GK bulgaria

 

laursen removes berbatov form the ball on the L

4'

gravesen tripped by Mpetrov near the Rwing

helveg serve cleared

kirilov sees yellow for dumping tomasson at the edge of the box

FK coming, 24M... gravesen into the wall

 

5'

jorgensen and sand both have 8M tries blocked by defenders

 

sand hobbles to the sideline for treatment

7'

for some reason, jorgy is on the R and rommedahl on the L

 

9'

denmark move out of their end nicely, but hit a pointless long ball

 

petkov acrobatically clears a dangerous rommedahl serve away from jorgensen

CK... Njensen shot blocked at the 18

yellow for Njensen on the counter

11'

 

bulgaria take some of the ball and jankovich hits a miserable shot and begs for a corner

12'

 

jorgensen now on the L legs out a long ball to cross, but the keeper eventually collects

14'

berbatov heads out a Njensen long FK

 

15'

denmark break through helveg, rommedhl wins a CK

Djensen to take... a bit of shoving in the area and the ref waves a finger excitedly... finally taken and Njensen volleys well over from 24M

 

18'

Mpetrov springs berbatov, but sorenson races out to gather

 

bulgaria having all kinds of trouble breaking the MF stripe

19'

gravesen receives on the L, but his center is booted away

 

denmark going to the wings exclusively - they need to punch through one of those holes in the center

21'

deep throw for denmark on the L, long by gravesen and headed out for a CK

gravesen serves... petkov clears

denmark regain but gravesen is offside

 

22'

gronkjaer on for a grimacing rommedahl - didnt see what hurt him