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Hadji Dimitar
Spectators: 8053 (Terracing: 6041, Seating: 1852, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mihail Panikowski got the match started through his kick off. Lilcho Tzotzin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yuli Borshukov having to interfere. 9 minutes into the game, Aleko Saltirov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Matey Mildov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Matey Mildov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleko Saltirov in the 11th minute of the match. Aleko Saltirov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matey Mildov having to interfere. Tzvetelin Molerov lost his temper 15 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. A collision led to ФК Сливен getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Tzvetelin Molerov hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in ФК Сливен's zone, Aleko Saltirov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Matey Mildov came out of the goal and Aleko Saltirov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ФК Свиленград 1921's Yuli Borshukov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save ФК Свиленград 1921 from getting a goal against them. Spiro Nashkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Yuli Borshukov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lilcho Tzotzin got free with Yuli Borshukov in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 25 minutes into the match, Aleko Saltirov notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of ФК Сливен's Matey Mildov. Matey Mildov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 28 minutes of play, ФК Свиленград 1921's Aleko Saltirov made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Matey Mildov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Matey Mildov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mihail Panikowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Matey Mildov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mihail Panikowski went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mihail Panikowski in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Matey Mildov saved ФК Сливен from getting behind. After 38 minutes of play, ФК Свиленград 1921's Arso Dragnev made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Matey Mildov was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lilcho Tzotzin to make the kick off. ФК Свиленград 1921's Yuli Borshukov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lilcho Tzotzin in the 52nd minute of play. Matey Mildov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arso Dragnev, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. After a rather tough play, ФК Сливен's Naum Zlatarov got a free kick in the 56th minute. 58 minutes into the game, Penko Shalafov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ФК Свиленград 1921's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ФК Сливен the free kick. The supporters of ФК Сливен booed when ФК Свиленград 1921 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Penko Shalafov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Penko Shalafov hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. 66 minutes into the match, ФК Сливен's goal looked a bit too open when Arso Dragnev came free, but Matey Mildov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of ФК Сливен booed when ФК Свиленград 1921 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleko Saltirov didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihail Panikowski in the 74th minute of play forced ФК Сливен's goalkeeper Matey Mildov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ФК Свиленград 1921's Mihail Panikowski was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 74th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Lilcho Tzotzin struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Yuli Borshukov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ФК Сливен. Aleko Saltirov scored 0-7 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Matey Mildov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svilen Gurmev in the 89th minute of play forced ФК Свиленград 1921's goalkeeper Yuli Borshukov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 89 minutes into the game, Svilen Gurmev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-7. Yuli Borshukov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. ФК Сливен's Matey Mildov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radoy Bakrachev in the 96th minute of play.