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ARENA BULGARIA
Spectators: 7918 (Terracing: 6060, Seating: 1858, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Borislav Somlev got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Beden's zone, Borislav Somlev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alexander Desov came out of the goal and Borislav Somlev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Stiliyan Boishin 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. After a defensive mix-up in Beden's zone, Borislav Somlev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alexander Desov came out of the goal and Borislav Somlev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Borislav Somlev in the 17thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Alexander Desov, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. If Deyan Kamenski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the CSKA HEROES BULGARIA defense, Vidyo Nanovski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tanek Rekowski. The CSKA HEROES BULGARIA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tanek Rekowski should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Beden's Vaklin Karakashev got a free kick in the 27th minute. After 34th play minutes Teodor Kartunov shot 1-1, a short shot which went by Alexander Desov and just under the crossbar into goal. Alexander Desov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Deyan Kamenski in the 37th minute. A hard shot 39 in the game by Borislav Somlev from a close distance when the talented Alexander Desov managed to make a qualified save. Beden's players were relieved. If Stiliyan Boishin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Borislav Somlev's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 41stth minute, Alexander Desov skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Simeon Túrpomanov's late challenge caught a CSKA HEROES BULGARIA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Simeon Túrpomanov helped the player get up and apologised. Simeon Túrpomanov hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Alexander Desov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Borislav Somlev in the 47th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Simeon Túrpomanov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vidyo Nanovski hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. Borislav Somlev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Teodor Kartunov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexander Desov having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Beden's Zapryan Draychev got a free kick in the 56th minute. In the 66th minute Borislav Somlev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexander Desov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Borislav Somlev in the 67th minute of play forced Beden's goalkeeper Alexander Desov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tanek Rekowski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vidyo Nanovski in the 69th minute. CSKA HEROES BULGARIA's Tanek Rekowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Simeon Túrpomanov in the 71st minute of play. Alexander Desov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Borislav Somlev, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Alexander Desov came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by CSKA HEROES BULGARIA's Borislav Somlev. But to his dismay, Borislav Somlev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. The audience was convinced that Borislav Somlev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alexander Desov was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. 89 minutes in the game, Simeon Túrpomanov fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Tanek Rekowski having to interfere. Alexander Desov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stiliyan Boishin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When CSKA HEROES BULGARIA's Deyan Kamenski in the 96th minute got a chance for a shot 96th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Beden's goalie prevented a goal. Beden succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though CSKA HEROES BULGARIA had controlled the match.