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Sports | June 4, 2013, Tuesday // 19:08
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The Bulgarian national football team won 2:1 a friendly match against the team of Kazakhstan played at the Almaty Arena stadium in Almaty.
The first half of the game ended 0:0, with Bulgarian Georgi Iliev opening up the result at the 57th minute.
Bulgaria's lead was doubled minutes later by defender Ivan Ivanov, who scored again in the 60th minute.
Kazakhstan's Dmitriy Shomko returned a goal one minute before the game's end.
This is Bulgaria's second victory of two games in their Asia tour, after last Thursday they won 2:0 against Japan in Nagoya.
For 2013, Bulgaria's national football team goes yet undefeated.
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