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Spectators: 7862 (Terracing: 5971, Seating: 1831, VIP seats: 60) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Subin Alichkov took the kick off in the first half of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Subin Alichkov during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Subin Alichkov kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Doncho Manaskov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kiril Adamski, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Teofan Demerdzhiev in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Doncho Manaskov saved Vidrare from getting behind. Doncho Manaskov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kiril Adamski, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Doncho Manaskov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kiril Adamski in the 21st minute of the match. In the 24th minute, Kiril Adamski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Doncho Manaskov. The goal made the score 2-0. Vidrare's Doncho Manaskov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Slaveyko Halov in the 27th minute of play. Subin Alichkov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, Vidrare's Doncho Manaskov got control of the ball when Tomislav Kishev tried to sneak it across the goal line. In a very dangerous position, a player in Vidrare fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 34th minute. Penalty! The corner led Опълченците's Bratan Kalinov to fire away a dangerous shot which Doncho Manaskov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Teofan Demerdzhiev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Doncho Manaskov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Doncho Manaskov made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Tomislav Kishev sent off a good shot on target. Maksim Ganchev's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Doncho Manaskov firmly grabbed it by the left post. 47 minutes into the game, Maksim Ganchev recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Doncho Manaskov. Maksim Ganchev showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Teofan Demerdzhiev made a kick off. Doncho Manaskov came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Опълченците's Maksim Ganchev. But to his dismay, Maksim Ganchev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Kiril Adamski kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Опълченците's Maksim Ganchev got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 62nd minute Teofan Demerdzhiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doncho Manaskov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Doncho Manaskov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Teofan Demerdzhiev's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Doncho Manaskov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomislav Kishev, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 68th minute, Radan Vúzharski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70thth minute of the game Teofan Demerdzhiev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vidrare's Doncho Manaskov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Maksim Ganchev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Doncho Manaskov having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Maksim Ganchev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Doncho Manaskov was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. 83 minutes into the match, Teofan Demerdzhiev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Doncho Manaskov. Vidrare's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Teofan Demerdzhiev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. 86 minutes into the match, Vidrare's goal looked a bit too open when Teofan Demerdzhiev came free, but Doncho Manaskov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Vidrare's Subin Alichkov got a free kick in the 89th minute. A collision led to Vidrare getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Subin Alichkov hit a great ball. In the 92nd minute of the match Bratan Kalinov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Doncho Manaskov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Vidrare players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Опълченците.