League

Knesowo
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) FC Kaleica's Doychin Gerovski 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. After having played for 6 minutes, Doychin Gerovski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Kaleica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Doychin Gerovski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FC Kaleica's Tzenko Ahtarov suffered a concussion in the 7th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. Todor Yorgov's late challenge caught a FC Kaleica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Todor Yorgov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 7th match minute, Knesowo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Todor Yorgov to maneuver through the defense. In the 9th minute, Adrian Staev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Kaleica fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 13th minute Adrian Staev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vihar Penushliev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vihar Penushliev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrian Staev in the 14th minute of the match. Rangel Shirkov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to FC Kaleica getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Doychin Gerovski hit a great ball. 23 minutes into the game, Rangel Shirkov recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Lyudmil Zinoviev. Rangel Shirkov showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. Adrian Staev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vihar Penushliev having to interfere. Adrian Staev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Todor Yorgov kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Rangel Shirkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Lyudmil Zinoviev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Velichko Paliev might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lyudmil Zinoviev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Velichko Paliev ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 36th minute Rangel Shirkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lyudmil Zinoviev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, Knesowo's Rangel Shirkov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lyudmil Zinoviev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Vihar Penushliev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adrian Staev in the 41st minute of play. Knesowo's Vihar Penushliev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Staev in the 43rd minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rangel Shirkov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vihar Penushliev was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Yasen Kasabov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Velichko Paliev in the 58th minute of play forced FC Kaleica's goalkeeper Lyudmil Zinoviev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rangel Shirkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, FC Kaleica's Bobi Kurdov got a free kick in the 65th minute. Velichko Paliev scored 2-1 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lyudmil Zinoviev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. FC Kaleica:s Lyudmil Zinoviev showed great skill when he stopped Diyan Popstoyanov:s penalty. Diyan Popstoyanov did an outstanding performance 75 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 3-1 to the right of an irritated Lyudmil Zinoviev in the goal. When Velichko Paliev came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Knesowo 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 Velichko Paliev couldn't finish the play. Doychin Gerovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Vihar Penushliev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lyudmil Zinoviev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rangel Shirkov in the 90th minute of the match. Velichko Paliev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lyudmil Zinoviev having to interfere. Todor Yorgov hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. Knesowo were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of FC Kaleica for a fine match.