League Play-Off

YordanovTeam Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Nivishta's Yancho Krusharov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Nivishta getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Dilyan Sharkov hit a great ball. Gergin Papanchev's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 4thth minute, Gyuro Merodiyski skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Gyuro Merodiyski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gergin Papanchev, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Stoimen Kaloyanchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nedko Malinkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gergin Papanchev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 12th minute, Nedko Rusimov sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and YordanovTeam's Stoimen Kaloyanchev didn't even have to move. A hard shot 20 in the game by Gergin Papanchev from a close distance when the talented Gyuro Merodiyski managed to make a qualified save. Nivishta's players were relieved. Gergin Papanchev in the 21stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gyuro Merodiyski, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Gergin Papanchev had several of the Nivishta's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 23 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Gyuro Merodiyski as he didn't even see the shot coming. Gergin Papanchev had several of the Nivishta's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 26 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Gyuro Merodiyski as he didn't even see the shot coming. Gergin Papanchev in the 32ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gyuro Merodiyski, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 35 minutes into the game, Lyubomir Lenov lined in a short shot 3-0 behind a frustrated Gyuro Merodiyski. The audience was convinced that Gergin Papanchev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gyuro Merodiyski was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. Gyuro Merodiyski was out of position in the 45 minute of play, and Gergin Papanchev capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gergin Papanchev really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gergin Papanchev to make the kick off. YordanovTeam's Gergin Papanchev managed to work through Nivishta's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Gergin Papanchev dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. If Lulcho Babinov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evlogi Emanuilov in the 63rd minute of play forced Nivishta's goalkeeper Gyuro Merodiyski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Evlogi Emanuilov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Gyuro Merodiyski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 69th minute Gergin Papanchev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gyuro Merodiyski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Gergin Papanchev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gyuro Merodiyski was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Nivishta's zone, Boyan Dzhurov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gyuro Merodiyski came out of the goal and Boyan Dzhurov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gergin Papanchev struck a weak shot in the 73rd minute. Gyuro Merodiyski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for YordanovTeam. The supporters of YordanovTeam booed when Nivishta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Svetlan Yanushev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gyuro Merodiyski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gencho Gelebeshev in the 87th minute of the match. The supporters of Nivishta booed when YordanovTeam was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Boyan Dzhurov didn't get a good kick on the ball. YordanovTeam's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.