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Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Stoimen Haralambiev made the kick off which started today's match. Ivelin Poryazov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stoimen Haralambiev, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Nikifor Panagonov was a little too slow when Stoil Vúlev got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 9th minute. The score was now 1-0. After 15 minutes, Stoimen Haralambiev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ and the Serdika Football Academy players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's Stoimen Haralambiev got a free kick in the 15th minute. Stoimen Haralambiev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nikifor Panagonov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stoil Vúlev in the 24th minute. After 25 minutes ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Stamen Andonov who took care of the corner kick. In a very dangerous position, a player in ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 29th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Serdika Football Academy a penalty, 30 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Stamen Andonov, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's Nikifor Panagonov. 2-0. Stoil Vúlev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Nikifor Panagonov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Roman Razmov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Serdika Football Academy's supporters rose to their feet, but Roman Razmov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nikifor Panagonov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nikifor Panagonov was out of position in the 45 minute of play, and Roman Razmov capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Roman Razmov really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Roman Razmov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Stamen Andonov hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Stiliyan Yusev kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, Serdika Football Academy's Stefan Godzhev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nikifor Panagonov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Milyo Balev hit a great ball. Serdika Football Academy's Stefan Godzhev got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Through an outstanding action, after 74 minutes, Ivelin Poryazov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Stoil Vúlev's late challenge caught a ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stoil Vúlev helped the player get up and apologised. Stoil Vúlev hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's Dobrin Perduhov got a free kick in the 82nd minute. After some careless play in the ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ defense, Roman Razmov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikifor Panagonov. The ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikifor Panagonov should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ defense, Stefan Godzhev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikifor Panagonov. The ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikifor Panagonov should have stopped the shot. After 91 played minutes ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ got a freekick which was hit by Donyo Ekimov. In the 94th minute, Roman Razmov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Serdika Football Academy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0.