League Play-Off

Boi Arena
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Encho Gyoshev took the kick off in the first half of the match. Danail Runevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Spas Bandev in the 6th minute of the match. In the 10th minute Encho Gyoshev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Danail Runevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vlado Sugarchev was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 13th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. If Zheko Panayotov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Danail Runevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Encho Gyoshev, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Encho Gyoshev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Danail Runevski having to interfere. After 28 minutes of play, FC kapiata's Zheko Panayotov made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tzeno Balinov was left in no man's land by his defense there! 31 minutes into the match, FC kapiata's Zheko Panayotov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tzeno Balinov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 32 minutes, Sevdalin Bogev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ФК Белая звезда and the FC kapiata players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spas Bandev in the 35th minute of play forced FC kapiata's goalkeeper Danail Runevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC kapiata's Danail Runevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Encho Gyoshev in the 36th minute of play. 37 minutes into the game, Tzolo Bolchev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC kapiata's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ФК Белая звезда the free kick. In the 37th match minute, FC kapiata was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tzolo Bolchev to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of FC kapiata booed when ФК Белая звезда was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anko Mandikov didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vergil Sarov to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to ФК Белая звезда getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Sevdalin Bogev hit a great ball. Encho Gyoshev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Danail Runevski having to interfere. Encho Gyoshev blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Danail Runevski having to make a save. Tzeno Balinov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zheko Panayotov in the 71st minute of the match. Spas Bandev might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Danail Runevski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Spas Bandev ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Spas Bandev took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Danail Runevski to make any attempt to save it. Tzeno Balinov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vergil Sarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. ФК Белая звезда's Anko Mandikov got his second yellow card of the match in the 87th minute. The referee ordered Anko Mandikov off the ground. In the 88th match minute, ФК Белая звезда was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anko Mandikov to maneuver through the defense. Tzeno Balinov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zheko Panayotov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tzeno Balinov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vergil Sarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Spas Bandev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Danail Runevski made a huge save. FC kapiata were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of ФК Белая звезда for a fine match.