Official Cup

Gone With the Win
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Doychin Karamalkov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rory Jobson scored 1-0 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Georgi Velinov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 9 minutes ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daud Kunaefi who took care of the corner kick. After a rather tough play, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Radoy Froloshki got a free kick in the 11th minute. After a defensive mix-up in ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's zone, Yuan Xing Lin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Georgi Velinov came out of the goal and Yuan Xing Lin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 18th minute, Gone With the Win's Yuan Xing Lin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Georgi Velinov. Georgi Velinov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. In the 22nd minute Doychin Karamalkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but La Mano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rory Jobson in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Georgi Velinov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 25 played minutes ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг got a freekick which was hit by Ivan Perišić. 26 minutes into the match, Gone With the Win's goal looked a bit too open when Doychin Karamalkov came free, but La Mano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 37 played minutes Gone With the Win got a freekick which was hit by Magno Mangueira. In the 39th minute Keiran Tubbs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Georgi Velinov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 41 minutes into the match, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's goalkeeper Georgi Velinov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Keiran Tubbs. In the 45th minute Doychin Karamalkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but La Mano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Gone With the Win's Georgi Velinov threw himself towards the right post 47 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Rory Jobson, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Yuan Xing Lin made the kick off in the second half. Georgi Velinov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yuan Xing Lin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Georgi Velinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rory Jobson in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuan Xing Lin in the 53rd minute of play forced ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's goalkeeper Georgi Velinov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Gone With the Win fans' excitement grew in the 56th match minute when Gone With the Win's Rory Jobson looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's Georgi Velinov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rory Jobson in the 59th minute of play. Georgi Velinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rory Jobson in the 60th minute of play. 64 minutes into the game, Gone With the Win's Rory Jobson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Georgi Velinov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Gone With the Win's Stew Sykes was substituted for Daud Kunaefi. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ivan Perišić got free with La Mano in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Georgi Velinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Keiran Tubbs in the 73rd minute of play. In the 75th minute of the match Tzvyatko Shanov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but La Mano showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 80th match minute, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tzvyatko Shanov to maneuver through the defense. In the 82nd minute, Keiran Tubbs hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Georgi Velinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yuan Xing Lin in the 86th minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Rory Jobson got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Georgi Velinov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 88th minute Yuan Xing Lin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Georgi Velinov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's goal looked a bit too open when Keiran Tubbs came free, but Georgi Velinov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Georgi Velinov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yuan Xing Lin's shot from short distance in the 94th minute. Gone With the Win's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.