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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Roman Spiridonov kicked off to start the match. After a defensive mix-up in FK Ronaldo's zone, Martin Velinski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bocho Draev came out of the goal and Martin Velinski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 5th minute, Valeri Novkov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience was convinced that Kuncho Koshlukov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yanek Zaykov was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. 8 minutes into the match, FK Ronaldo's goal looked a bit too open when Lyubcho Kurudzhiev came free, but Bocho Draev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Roman Spiridonov in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yanek Zaykov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Bocho Draev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denko Paenov, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Antonio Daganov in the 13thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Yanek Zaykov, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. BatVanio's Yanek Zaykov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save BatVanio from getting a goal against them. Lyubcho Kurudzhiev kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. If Valeri Novkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 28th minute, Roman Spiridonov fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Yanek Zaykov, passed just outside the right post. Yanek Zaykov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roman Spiridonov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FK Ronaldo's Bocho Draev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Velinski in the 33rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kuncho Koshlukov in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yanek Zaykov saved BatVanio from getting behind. Valeri Novkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 48th minute, Martin Velinski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bocho Draev was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Martin Velinski to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Valeri Novkov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 56 minutes into the match, FK Ronaldo's Roman Spiridonov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Yanek Zaykov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the match clock showed 58 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Roman Spiridonov sped through BatVanio's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Yanek Zaykov. After 61 minutes, Denko Paenov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BatVanio and the FK Ronaldo players grew even worse after the yellow card. Denko Paenov kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, Martin Velinski dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Bocho Draev, 2-2. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind BatVanio's goalkeeper Yanek Zaykov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 68thth minute of the game Valeri Novkov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BatVanio's Yanek Zaykov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Valeri Novkov might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Yanek Zaykov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Valeri Novkov ran back to his position shaking his head. 74 minutes into the game, Valeri Novkov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Yanek Zaykov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to FK Ronaldo getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Delyan Katzev hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 79 minutes, Kuncho Koshlukov put it in 4-2 from a short distance just to the right of Yanek Zaykov. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roman Spiridonov in the 82nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yanek Zaykov saved BatVanio from getting behind. Yanek Zaykov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valeri Novkov in the 86th minute of play. After 88 minutes of play, FK Ronaldo's Kuncho Koshlukov made it 5-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yanek Zaykov was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 91 minutes, Kuncho Koshlukov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FK Ronaldo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kuncho Koshlukov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bocho Draev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Velinski in the 95th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, FK Ronaldo's goal looked a bit too open when Lyubcho Kurudzhiev came free, but Bocho Draev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 97 minutes, Martin Velinski took a quick shot and it went in 5-3 without a chance for Bocho Draev to make any attempt to save it.