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Didie Drogba arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Svilen Sharankov kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Dragolyub Púrlichev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Haralampi Bokov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dragolyub Púrlichev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdulbaki Oğuralp in the 9th minute of the match. Boris Tikov scored 0-1 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dragolyub Púrlichev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 16th minute Zahari Kúsmetski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dragolyub Púrlichev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zahari Kúsmetski in the 19th minute of play forced BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's goalkeeper Dragolyub Púrlichev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to BOTEV TRUSHLEVO getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Filip Kúrdzhiev hit a great ball. Dragolyub Púrlichev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdulbaki Oğuralp in the 20th minute of play. Dragolyub Púrlichev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Levent Zharkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute, Rosen Radonov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dragolyub Púrlichev was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Dragolyub Púrlichev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zahari Kúsmetski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the BOTEV TRUSHLEVO defense, Levent Zharkov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dragolyub Púrlichev. The BOTEV TRUSHLEVO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dragolyub Púrlichev should have stopped the shot. Serafim Shotev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Filip Kúrdzhiev in the 33rd minute. Dragolyub Púrlichev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boris Tikov in the 35th minute of the match. BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's attentive Lachezar Kosev managed to snatch the ball when Stiliyan Túrkalanov made a throw-in in the 36th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stoyo Beykov in the 39th minute of play forced BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's goalkeeper Dragolyub Púrlichev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Stiliyan Túrkalanov in the 45th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's Lachezar Kosev. If Filip Kúrdzhiev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Filip Kúrdzhiev made a kick off. The supporters of Bilinzi booed when BOTEV TRUSHLEVO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lachezar Kosev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Abdulbaki Oğuralp had several of the BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 60 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-5 score and a disappointed Dragolyub Púrlichev as he didn't even see the shot coming. Zahari Kúsmetski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dragolyub Púrlichev came out and tried to block the shot, but Zahari Kúsmetski slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 64th minute. After 67 minutes of play, Bilinzi's Zahari Kúsmetski made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dragolyub Púrlichev was left in no man's land by his defense there! 70 minutes into the match, Zahari Kúsmetski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dragolyub Púrlichev. BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zahari Kúsmetski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. Bilinzi made a substitution. Lyubcho Leshtanski replaced Zahari Kúsmetski. A collision led to BOTEV TRUSHLEVO getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Konstantin Maslenkov hit a great ball. A collision led to BOTEV TRUSHLEVO getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Lachezar Kosev hit a great ball. In the 87th minute, Rosen Radonov made a precise shot to the right of Dragolyub Púrlichev. BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-9. After 93 minutes, Varban Ederov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BOTEV TRUSHLEVO and the Bilinzi players grew even worse after the yellow card. Varban Ederov kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. 94 minutes into the match, BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's goalkeeper Dragolyub Púrlichev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Haralampi Bokov. In the 95th match minute, BOTEV TRUSHLEVO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stoimen Dukadinov to maneuver through the defense. Haralampi Bokov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 96th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dragolyub Púrlichev. BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.