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Kirkova
Spectators: 9178 (Terracing: 6885, Seating: 2111, VIP seats: 182) Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, ПФК „Левски“ София's Stiliyan Komsalov got control of the ball when Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nikos Giotos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Feliks Kasperowicz in the 16th minute of the match. Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Stiliyan Komsalov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC blue lions. 29 minutes into the match, ПФК „Левски“ София's goal looked a bit too open when Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos came free, but Stiliyan Komsalov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by ПФК „Левски“ София's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ali Cengiz Hasankeyf was slow to take the kick. During this time FC blue lions's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Vasko Stanilov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Stiliyan Komsalov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Stiliyan Komsalov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 35th minute Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stiliyan Komsalov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Stiliyan Komsalov made a huge save. Stiliyan Komsalov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikos Giotos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrey Plachkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Ali Cengiz Hasankeyf hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Stiliyan Komsalov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos in the 57th minute of play. ПФК „Левски“ София's Stiliyan Komsalov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos in the 58th minute of play. Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stiliyan Komsalov. Stiliyan Komsalov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. After 67 played minutes ПФК „Левски“ София got a freekick which was hit by Zlatin Mirev. Feliks Kasperowicz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Nikos Giotos made a huge save. Andrey Plachkov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Nikos Giotos made a huge save. Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Stiliyan Komsalov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos ran back to his position shaking his head. Stiliyan Komsalov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos in the 81st minute of play. Nikos Giotos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toma Mortev, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Nikos Giotos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Toma Mortev went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 86th match minute, FC blue lions was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexander Gaydev to maneuver through the defense. ПФК „Левски“ София's Andrey Plachkov got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos in the 91st minute of play forced ПФК „Левски“ София's goalkeeper Stiliyan Komsalov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Vasko Stanilov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stiliyan Komsalov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. In the 97th minute of the match FC blue lions got a corner. ПФК „Левски“ София's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ali Cengiz Hasankeyf ran over to the corner to take the kick. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.