League Play-Off

Varna Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Vaklin Tasev made the kick off and thus started the match. After 5 played minutes Black Sea got a freekick which was hit by Sorin Balotă. Raycho Kalchishkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romelu Lukaku in the 11th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, FC Dunav Ruse's goalkeeper Raycho Kalchishkov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vaklin Tasev. In the 16th match minute, Black Sea was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Georgi Voynishki to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Metodi Temelakiev in the 18th minute of play forced Black Sea's goalkeeper Kosta Gerilovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22ndth minute of the game Vaklin Tasev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Dunav Ruse's Raycho Kalchishkov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Gencho Tzokev fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Dunav Ruse's protests and gave Gencho Tzokev a yellow card for diving instead. Gencho Tzokev kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romelu Lukaku in the 24th minute of play forced FC Dunav Ruse's goalkeeper Raycho Kalchishkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Georgi Voynishki during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of FC Dunav Ruse booed when Black Sea was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Georgi Voynishki didn't get a good kick on the ball. Black Sea's Kosta Gerilovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Metodi Temelakiev in the 26th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vaklin Tasev got free with Raycho Kalchishkov in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 29 minutes of play FC Dunav Ruse's Gencho Tzokev was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. When Vaklin Tasev came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Black Sea 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 Vaklin Tasev couldn't finish the play. Raycho Kalchishkov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Romelu Lukaku in the 34th minute. After 35 minutes FC Dunav Ruse's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sorin Balotă who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Sorin Balotă got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Raycho Kalchishkov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Raycho Kalchishkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romelu Lukaku in the 37th minute of the match. Romelu Lukaku received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Raycho Kalchishkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Raycho Kalchishkov didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 44th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

In the 56th minute, Georgi Voynishki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 58 minutes into the match, Dobromir Alandzhiyski notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Black Sea's Kosta Gerilovski. Kosta Gerilovski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vaklin Tasev's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Raycho Kalchishkov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 61st minute of play. The supporters of FC Dunav Ruse booed when Black Sea was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bozhin Dimchevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vitomir Zyumbyulev kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. FC Dunav Ruse's Raycho Kalchishkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romelu Lukaku in the 70th minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Dobromir Alandzhiyski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kosta Gerilovski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. After 76 played minutes FC Dunav Ruse got a freekick which was hit by Vitomir Zyumbyulev. Vaklin Tasev struck a weak shot in the 79th minute. Raycho Kalchishkov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Black Sea. 81 minutes into the match, Vaklin Tasev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Raycho Kalchishkov. FC Dunav Ruse's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vaklin Tasev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. In the 85th minute Vaklin Tasev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raycho Kalchishkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 88 played minutes FC Dunav Ruse got a freekick which was hit by Dobromir Alandzhiyski. The supporters of FC Dunav Ruse booed when Black Sea was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bozhin Dimchevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Raycho Kalchishkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vaklin Tasev in the 93rd minute of the match. Spas Ferkov lost his temper 95 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card.