U18 League

Cup2 Stadium
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Spas Tzolovski kicked off to start the match. Spas Tzolovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dragomir Bivolarski having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spas Tzolovski in the 10th minute of play forced Cup2's goalkeeper Dragomir Bivolarski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tzolo Radoslavov kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. A collision led to Cup2 getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Slaveyko Benatov hit a great ball. 17 minutes into the game, Vitomir Stoin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Dragomir Bivolarski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tzolo Radoslavov hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. VN Ultra Spartak's Spas Tzolovski got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. VN Ultra Spartak's Spas Tzolovski got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cup2's Dragomir Bivolarski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vitomir Stoin in the 31st minute of play. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cup2's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Velko Krutev was slow to take the kick. During this time VN Ultra Spartak's players had a chance to rest. In the 35th minute, Vitomir Stoin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VN Ultra Spartak fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 40 minutes into the game, Velko Krutev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. VN Ultra Spartak's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cup2 the free kick. Velko Krutev kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Cup2's Ivan Tabakov got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Ivan Tabakov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Peycho Bratovanov came out and tried to block the shot, but Ivan Tabakov slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 43rd minute. After 47 played minutes Cup2 got a freekick which was hit by Ganyo Handzhiyski. After a rather tough play, Cup2's Ganyo Handzhiyski got a free kick in the 48th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vanyo Girov to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd match minute, VN Ultra Spartak was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kristiyan Rumeev to maneuver through the defense. Slaveyko Benatov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 54th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Peycho Bratovanov. VN Ultra Spartak's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Velko Krutev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bocho Zhivankin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Dragomir Bivolarski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Peycho Bratovanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Tabakov, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Cup2's zone, Vitomir Stoin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dragomir Bivolarski came out of the goal and Vitomir Stoin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Velko Krutev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dragomir Bivolarski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitomir Stoin in the 86th minute of the match. In the 98th minute Velko Krutev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dragomir Bivolarski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle sounded VN Ultra Spartak left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Cup2.