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Lazur Arena
Spectators: 7880 (Terracing: 5985, Seating: 1835, VIP seats: 60) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Yanaki Kolov got the match started through his kick off. Stoyadin Godinov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Dirk Jan Hoogsteen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Volodya Bochev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Slavey Sagaev went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Yanaki Kolov hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Argir Mandadzhiev was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 12 minutes into the match. In the 20th minute Stoyadin Godinov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dirk Jan Hoogsteen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th match minute, FC Neftochimic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Slavey Sagaev to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to FC Neftochimic getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Yanaki Kolov hit a great ball. When Filip Sedlarski fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Neftochimic's protests and gave Filip Sedlarski a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of FC Batanovtzi booed when FC Neftochimic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filip Sedlarski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Slavey Sagaev kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. FC Neftochimic's Dirk Jan Hoogsteen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stoyadin Godinov in the 33rd minute of play. Dirk Jan Hoogsteen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slavyan Yotzev in the 41st minute of the match. Dirk Jan Hoogsteen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stoyadin Godinov in the 44th minute of the match. Slavyan Yotzev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dirk Jan Hoogsteen having to interfere. Dirk Jan Hoogsteen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Slavyan Yotzev in the 48th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Slavyan Yotzev made the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Slavyan Yotzev in the 65th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dirk Jan Hoogsteen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Volodya Bochev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gergin Zapryanov in the 66th minute of the match. In the 68th minute, Gergin Zapryanov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Neftochimic fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Slavyan Yotzev took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dirk Jan Hoogsteen. Dirk Jan Hoogsteen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. In the 81stth minute of the game Slavyan Yotzev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Neftochimic's Dirk Jan Hoogsteen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in FC Batanovtzi's zone, Dobrin Kinev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Volodya Bochev came out of the goal and Dobrin Kinev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Dobrin Kinev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FC Neftochimic's Dirk Jan Hoogsteen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alek Pramatarov in the 87th minute of play. After 88 played minutes FC Neftochimic got a freekick which was hit by Filip Sedlarski.