League Play-Off

SB
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tolis Lazaridis started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Violet Skerlev in the 4th minute of play forced 1.CSKA's goalkeeper Lin Feng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by 1.CSKA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ivelin Rasolkov was slow to take the kick. During this time Lokomotiv Plovdiv's players had a chance to rest. 1.CSKA's Lin Feng proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save 1.CSKA from getting a goal against them. In the 11th minute, 1.CSKA's Concetto Trentini seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Concetto Trentini the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of 1.CSKA protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Concetto Trentini had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. When the match had been going on for 13 minutes, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Ivelin Rasolkov got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Lin Feng. Zachary Domaradzki 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. 1.CSKA's Alexander Dikanarov managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Arif Oğuz Arabacı in the 21 minute of the game. 25 minutes in the game Arif Oğuz Arabacı did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Bogdan Kondov. In the 29th minute of the match, Violet Skerlev got a very nice opportunity to score, but Lin Feng was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Lin Feng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tolis Lazaridis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 35 minutes into the match, 1.CSKA's goal looked a bit too open when Tolis Lazaridis came free, but Lin Feng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 1.CSKA's attentive Alexander Dikanarov managed to snatch the ball when Arif Oğuz Arabacı made a throw-in in the 36th minute of the game. Violet Skerlev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Lin Feng made a huge save. Lin Feng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bogdan Kondov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 46th minute, Tolis Lazaridis reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lin Feng. The goal made the score 2-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Alexander Dikanarov hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. When Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Tolis Lazaridis in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 1.CSKA's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Tolis Lazaridis put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Lin Feng. Lin Feng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bogdan Kondov in the 61st minute of the match. Lin Feng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bogdan Kondov, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Slavyan Matzev hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tolis Lazaridis in the 77th minute of play forced 1.CSKA's goalkeeper Lin Feng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lokomotiv Plovdiv's goalkeeper Biser Mihailov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Zachary Domaradzki came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the 1.CSKA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Zachary Domaradzki couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cordera Nunez in the 86th minute of play forced Lokomotiv Plovdiv's goalkeeper Biser Mihailov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 89 minutes into the match, 1.CSKA's goal looked a bit too open when Arif Oğuz Arabacı came free, but Lin Feng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.