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Never Arena
Spectators: 8033 (Terracing: 6025, Seating: 1848, VIP seats: 160) Stoil Vúlev started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Matey Pramatarski fell near the penalty area in the 15th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored CSKA Ignat's protests and gave Matey Pramatarski a yellow card for diving instead. Matey Pramatarski hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. CSKA Ignat's Acho Búrzin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stoil Vúlev in the 23rd minute of play. Yoncho Zhelyazkov's late challenge caught a Serdika Football Academy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yoncho Zhelyazkov helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to CSKA Ignat getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Yoncho Zhelyazkov hit a great ball. Acho Búrzin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stoil Vúlev in the 25th minute of the match. After 26 played minutes Serdika Football Academy got a freekick which was hit by Tzoko Tanovski. Serdika Football Academy's Nikola Koshev pulled a muscle in his back after 27 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Orlin Samokovliev during the 27th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Serdika Football Academy booed when CSKA Ignat was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Orlin Samokovliev didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 32nd minute, Tzvetan Stefanovski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 35 minutes, Yoncho Zhelyazkov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CSKA Ignat's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yoncho Zhelyazkov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 37th play minute Antoan Tzvetanski came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Acho Búrzin. 2-0. Ivelin Poryazov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Matey Pramatarski's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Matey Pramatarski was the one to do the kick off. After having played for 57 minutes, Dinko Peshleevski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Serdika Football Academy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dinko Peshleevski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Serdika Football Academy booed when CSKA Ignat was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yoncho Zhelyazkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Antoan Tzvetanski in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Acho Búrzin saved CSKA Ignat from getting behind. Tzvetan Stefanovski kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. In the 75th match minute, CSKA Ignat was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zheko Anastasov to maneuver through the defense. In the 79th minute Dinko Peshleevski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Acho Búrzin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 89 minutes of play, Serdika Football Academy's Tzoko Tanovski made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Acho Búrzin was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 93rd minute of the match, Matey Pramatarski tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ivelin Poryazov saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Serdika Football Academy fans cheered their team off the field, for while CSKA Ignat had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.