Христо Ботев
Spectators: 8429 (Terracing: 6323,
Seating: 1938, VIP seats: 168) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bastian Caes kicked off to start the match. With an all-out effort, ПФК Ботев Пловдив's Rolando Etxatxu threw himself towards the right post 6 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jean Sousa, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a rather tough play, PFC Levski BG's Elenko Avdzhiyski got a free kick in the 7th minute. Bastian Caes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Rolando Etxatxu made a huge save. In the 9th minute of the match Joakim Högberg sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rolando Etxatxu skillfully saved the ball. Rolando Etxatxu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafal Klimkiewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. The supporters of PFC Levski BG booed when ПФК Ботев Пловдив was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Julio-César Hernandez didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rolando Etxatxu had great luck who in the 21stth minute grab hold of the ball when Jean Sousa from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. After 22 minutes PFC Levski BG's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Julio-César Hernandez who took care of the corner kick. After some careless play in the PFC Levski BG defense, Antonio Sefer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rolando Etxatxu. The PFC Levski BG fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rolando Etxatxu should have stopped the shot. Bastian Caes scored 3-0 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rolando Etxatxu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Maksim Kindekov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elenko Avdzhiyski in the 32nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jan Jaks in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Maksim Kindekov saved ПФК Ботев Пловдив from getting behind. In the 36th minute of the match, Julio-César Hernandez got a very nice opportunity to score, but Rolando Etxatxu was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Rolando Etxatxu was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bastian Caes showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-1 in the 38 minute of play. Rolando Etxatxu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafal Klimkiewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. PFC Levski BG's Rolando Etxatxu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save PFC Levski BG from getting a goal against them. Rolando Etxatxu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julio-César Hernandez in the 43rd minute of the match. Antonio Sefer could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Rolando Etxatxu made a huge save. Rolando Etxatxu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafal Klimkiewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jan Jaks stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Rolando Etxatxu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonio Sefer in the 52nd minute of play. 53 minutes into the match, PFC Levski BG's goal looked a bit too open when Julio-César Hernandez came free, but Rolando Etxatxu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 58 played minutes PFC Levski BG got a freekick which was hit by Bogdan Paraskevov. After 59 minutes of play, ПФК Ботев Пловдив's Rafal Klimkiewicz made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rolando Etxatxu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bastian Caes scored 6-1 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rolando Etxatxu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 65th minute Rafal Klimkiewicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rolando Etxatxu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 66 minutes, Julio-César Hernandez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ПФК Ботев Пловдив's supporters crossed their fingers, but Julio-César Hernandez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rolando Etxatxu came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by ПФК Ботев Пловдив's Bastian Caes. But to his dismay, Bastian Caes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-1. Rolando Etxatxu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jean Sousa in the 70th minute of play. Rolando Etxatxu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafal Klimkiewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. 72 minutes into the match, Jerrick Wigger notched a goal, 8-1, to the right of PFC Levski BG's Rolando Etxatxu. Rolando Etxatxu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rolando Etxatxu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonio Sefer in the 75th minute of play. Rolando Etxatxu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bastian Caes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 79 minutes into the match, PFC Levski BG's goal looked a bit too open when Julio-César Hernandez came free, but Rolando Etxatxu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 81 minutes into the match, PFC Levski BG's goal looked a bit too open when Julio-César Hernandez came free, but Rolando Etxatxu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the PFC Levski BG defense, Rafal Klimkiewicz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rolando Etxatxu. The PFC Levski BG fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rolando Etxatxu should have stopped the shot. Rolando Etxatxu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julio-César Hernandez in the 87th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Bastian Caes put it in 10-1 from a short distance just to the right of Rolando Etxatxu. PFC Levski BG's Rolando Etxatxu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antonio Sefer in the 92nd minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, PFC Levski BG's goal looked a bit too open when Bastian Caes came free, but Rolando Etxatxu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio-César Hernandez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rolando Etxatxu having to interfere. ПФК Ботев Пловдив walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.
Change language
