League Play-Off

Obradovtsi Stadion
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Andrey Chimev got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th match minute, Obradovtsi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vladko Alurkov to maneuver through the defense. In the 7th minute, Roman Dokev got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Marin Balinski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Yanek Kobarelov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tzocho Kalpakchiev's late challenge caught a Dzuljunica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tzocho Kalpakchiev helped the player get up and apologised. After 11 played minutes Obradovtsi got a freekick which was hit by Tzocho Kalpakchiev. Marin Balinski hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Marin Balinski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Yanek Kobarelov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Naum Ninkov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Simeon Pechinov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladko Alurkov in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 35th minute, Slavey Tarashoev made a precise shot to the right of Simeon Pechinov. Dzuljunica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Slavey Tarashoev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Simeon Pechinov made a huge save. When Naum Ninkov came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Obradovtsi 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 Naum Ninkov couldn't finish the play. Slavey Tarashoev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Naum Ninkov to make the kick off. If Marin Balinski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yanek Kobarelov made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Marin Balinski sent off a good shot on target. Dilyan Geraskov charged in rather forcefully in the 60th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dilyan Geraskov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After having played for 67 minutes, Andrey Chimev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dzuljunica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Andrey Chimev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Slavey Tarashoev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Simeon Pechinov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Obradovtsi fans' excitement grew in the 75th match minute when Obradovtsi's Naum Ninkov 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 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The supporters of Dzuljunica booed when Obradovtsi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roman Dokev didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Slavey Tarashoev came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Obradovtsi 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 Slavey Tarashoev couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrey Chimev in the 83rd minute of play forced Obradovtsi's goalkeeper Yanek Kobarelov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Slavey Tarashoev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Simeon Pechinov having to interfere. Marin Balinski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Yanek Kobarelov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. There was no doubt that Obradovtsi were the better team. Obradovtsi's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.