League

Galaxy Arena
Spectators: 8435 (Terracing: 6327, Seating: 1940, VIP seats: 168) Antim Statelov's late challenge caught a FC East Star's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antim Statelov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 6th match minute, R«STAR EAGLES»K was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antim Statelov to maneuver through the defense. Antim Statelov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Tervel Ribolovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Stoyne Borimechkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teofan Búrzin in the 13th minute of play. R«STAR EAGLES»K's Oscar Pombal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tervel Ribolovski in the 17th minute of play. Stoyne Borimechkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hristo Pisarev in the 18th minute of play. Oscar Pombal made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Tervel Ribolovski sent off a good shot on target. FC East Star's Stoyne Borimechkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ognyan Vidolov in the 25th minute of play. In the 26th minute, Viden Arahangelov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 27 minutes into the match, Hristo Pisarev notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FC East Star's Stoyne Borimechkov. Stoyne Borimechkov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 32nd minute, Velichko Búnev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Oscar Pombal was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Stoyne Borimechkov came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by R«STAR EAGLES»K's Teofan Búrzin. But to his dismay, Teofan Búrzin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. In the 47th minute Teofan Búrzin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stoyne Borimechkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Teofan Búrzin in the 53rd minute of play forced FC East Star's goalkeeper Stoyne Borimechkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ognyan Vidolov got free with Stoyne Borimechkov in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Oscar Pombal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tervel Ribolovski in the 66th minute of the match. In the 70th minute FC East Star were awarded a corner. Stiliyan Maynolovski went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Velichko Búnev managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 76th minute FC East Star were awarded a corner. Stiliyan Maynolovski went to the cornerflag to take it. Tervel Ribolovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 80 minutes, Tervel Ribolovski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC East Star's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tervel Ribolovski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Hristo Pisarev's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Stoyne Borimechkov firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 88thth minute of the game Tervel Ribolovski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but R«STAR EAGLES»K's Oscar Pombal was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of FC East Star booed when R«STAR EAGLES»K was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ognyan Vidolov didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Tervel Ribolovski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oscar Pombal was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.