League Play-Off

Detelina Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kristiyan Krantov kicked off to start the match. Kristiyan Krantov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Asen Vúrlev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In a very dangerous position, a player in TennisLovers fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 5th minute. Penalty! In the 7th minute there was a penalty for Sokoliza. Tzanyo Siderov stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Asen Vúrlev. 0-1. Antim Bozev struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Tzeno Dzhadzhev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for TennisLovers. 14 minutes into the match, Raycho Basmadzhiev dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Tzeno Dzhadzhev, 1-1. In the 17th minute Kristiyan Krantov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Asen Vúrlev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Evrosi Vironov struck a weak shot in the 18th minute. Asen Vúrlev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sokoliza. In the 21st minute, Milan Cholev 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. Milan Cholev was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 25th minute. TennisLovers's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. A well-hit corner resulted in Kristiyan Krantov heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 33 minutes into the game, Kristiyan Krantov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Asen Vúrlev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Milan Cholev came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the TennisLovers 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 Milan Cholev couldn't finish the play. Rashko Rúsin hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Milan Cholev got free with Tzeno Dzhadzhev in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Antim Bozev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tzeno Dzhadzhev having to interfere. In the 41stth minute of the game Raycho Basmadzhiev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sokoliza's Tzeno Dzhadzhev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Yakim Chapalov's late challenge caught a TennisLovers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yakim Chapalov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 45th match minute, Sokoliza was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yakim Chapalov to maneuver through the defense. Tzeno Dzhadzhev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Antim Bozev's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Antim Bozev to strike the kick off in the second half. TennisLovers's Milan Cholev got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Neno Kutlev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tzeno Dzhadzhev having to interfere. Rashko Rúsin kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, TennisLovers's Konstantin Zdravchev got a free kick in the 57th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Evrosi Vironov got free with Asen Vúrlev in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tzeno Dzhadzhev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milan Cholev in the 71st minute of the match. In the 78th minute, Sokoliza's Kristiyan Krantov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. In the 84th minute, TennisLovers's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Evrosi Vironov fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Tzeno Dzhadzhev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antim Bozev in the 92nd minute of the match. Boyan Barúmov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 93rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tzeno Dzhadzhev. Sokoliza's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.