League

Manolitsch
Spectators: 8611 (Terracing: 6468, Seating: 1983, VIP seats: 160) La Masia's Brion Valverde 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. Zdzislaw Chwalkiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Spiridon Lekov in the 7th minute of the match. Spiridon Lekov's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 9thth minute, Zdzislaw Chwalkiewicz skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brion Valverde in the 11th minute of play forced ПФК „Славия“'s goalkeeper Anastas Púdarev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute Brion Valverde shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anastas Púdarev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Asen Yavashev charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Asen Yavashev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 14th minute, one of La Masia:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for La Masia. Zdzislaw Chwalkiewicz had in the 16thth minute some difficulties stopping Nano Búlgarov's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 18 minutes into the match, La Masia's goal looked a bit too open when Spiridon Lekov came free, but Zdzislaw Chwalkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mladen Vesov hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. The supporters of ПФК „Славия“ booed when La Masia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Branimir Strelkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anastas Púdarev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Iorgulescu in the 25th minute of play. ПФК „Славия“'s Mladen Benishev got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zdzislaw Chwalkiewicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Spiridon Lekov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Brion Valverde had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. La Masia's Zdzislaw Chwalkiewicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save La Masia from getting a goal against them. 37 minutes into the match, La Masia's goalkeeper Zdzislaw Chwalkiewicz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Spiridon Lekov. ПФК „Славия“'s Anastas Púdarev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Brion Valverde in the 39th minute of play. Anastas Púdarev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zapryan Patzov went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Spiridon Lekov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zdzislaw Chwalkiewicz was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. Anastas Púdarev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brion Valverde, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Spiridon Lekov to strike the kick off in the second half. Anastas Púdarev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Brion Valverde in the 56th minute. Mladen Vesov made in the 58th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Spiridon Lekov however managed to control. La Masia's attentive Roman Súrbakov managed to snatch the ball when Mladen Vesov made a throw-in in the 69th minute of the game. Anastas Púdarev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Brion Valverde in the 75th minute. 76 minutes into the match, ПФК „Славия“'s goal looked a bit too open when Brion Valverde came free, but Anastas Púdarev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zdzislaw Chwalkiewicz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Spiridon Lekov went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spiridon Lekov in the 82nd minute of play forced La Masia's goalkeeper Zdzislaw Chwalkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anastas Púdarev made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Brion Valverde sent off a good shot on target. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.