League

Navesen
Spectators: 8029 (Terracing: 6023, Seating: 1846, VIP seats: 160) Lokomotiv Sofia's Levent Chovalinov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Zé Augusto Severo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boycho Koprivlenski having to interfere. In the 11th minute, Navesen's Varban Lashov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Luke Baekelandt. Luke Baekelandt yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. The supporters of Navesen booed when Lokomotiv Sofia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Apostol Yashmakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 17th match minute, Navesen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yani Atov to maneuver through the defense. Luke Baekelandt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toncho Dilinski, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 25th match minute, Lokomotiv Sofia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexey Garibov to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Varban Lashov in the 27th minute of play forced Lokomotiv Sofia's goalkeeper Luke Baekelandt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes into the game, Naum Fúrkov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Luke Baekelandt was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet as Varban Lashov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Luke Baekelandt. That made the score 3-0 in the 34 minute of play. In the 36th minute, Dinko Bulyanski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Lokomotiv Sofia's Elenko Ruzhekov got a free kick in the 38th minute. Luke Baekelandt made an important save on a dangerous shot by Toncho Dilinski in the 40th minute. In the 40th minute, Alexey Garibov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th minute, Levent Chovalinov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Boycho Koprivlenski was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Albert Bebin was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Naum Fúrkov in the 52nd minute of play forced Lokomotiv Sofia's goalkeeper Luke Baekelandt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Navesen booed when Lokomotiv Sofia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Velyo Babev didn't get a good kick on the ball. 55 minutes into the game, Lokomotiv Sofia's Levent Chovalinov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Boycho Koprivlenski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. In the 58th minute Levent Chovalinov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Boycho Koprivlenski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Boycho Koprivlenski made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Levent Chovalinov sent off a good shot on target. Boycho Koprivlenski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Genko Yochkolovski in the 61st minute of the match. Lokomotiv Sofia's Luke Baekelandt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albert Bebin in the 63rd minute of play. Luke Baekelandt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albert Bebin in the 66th minute of the match. 71 minutes into the match, Navesen's goal looked a bit too open when Genko Yochkolovski came free, but Boycho Koprivlenski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 72 minutes, Elenko Ruzhekov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lokomotiv Sofia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Elenko Ruzhekov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luke Baekelandt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Naum Fúrkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 78 minutes into the match, Navesen's goal looked a bit too open when Genko Yochkolovski came free, but Boycho Koprivlenski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Albert Bebin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 84th minute, Peyo Pepeldzhiyski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Peyo Pepeldzhiyski hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. When Zé Augusto Severo came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Lokomotiv Sofia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Zé Augusto Severo couldn't finish the play. Luke Baekelandt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albert Bebin, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. When the referee blew the final whistle, Navesen could leave the field as winners, despite Lokomotiv Sofia having more of the ball for most of the match.