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JomeL Stadion
Spectators: 6931 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1831, VIP seats: 100) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nedko Masharov got the match started through his kick off. When Sokolowo's Nedko Masharov in the 3rd minute got a chance for a shot 3rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC JomeL's goalie prevented a goal. Nedko Masharov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Hristofor Chatalbashev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Spiridon Smilkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hristofor Chatalbashev having to interfere. Hristofor Chatalbashev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nedko Masharov in the 13th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the game, Nedko Masharov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Hristofor Chatalbashev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 22 minutes, Vladko Karaenev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC JomeL's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vladko Karaenev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 24 played minutes FC JomeL got a freekick which was hit by Vaklin Naychev. 28 minutes into the game, Sokolowo's Nedko Masharov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hristofor Chatalbashev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After 32 minutes, Orlin Dilkov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sokolowo and the FC JomeL players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Sokolowo's Orlin Dilkov got a free kick in the 32nd minute. FC JomeL were awarded a corner in the 34th minute after Sokolowo's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Kiril Karaburov took the corner. FC JomeL's Kiril Karaburov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Stanislav Gúrgov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Hristofor Chatalbashev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nedko Masharov in the 37th minute of play. In the 41st minute Sokolowo were awarded a corner. Rashko Stefov went to the cornerflag to take it. Sokolowo's Spiridon Smilkov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Hristofor Chatalbashev in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Nedko Masharov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hristofor Chatalbashev having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Lulcho Simonski made the kick off in the second half. 58 minutes into the match, Vladko Karaenev notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Sokolowo's Stanislav Gúrgov. Stanislav Gúrgov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 63 minutes into the match, FC JomeL's goalkeeper Hristofor Chatalbashev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Spiridon Smilkov. When the match had gone on for 64 minutes, Nedko Masharov took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Hristofor Chatalbashev to make any attempt to save it. When Spiridon Smilkov came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Sokolowo 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 Spiridon Smilkov couldn't finish the play. Nedko Masharov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hristofor Chatalbashev having to interfere. Stanislav Gúrgov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lulcho Simonski went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. If Spiridon Smilkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nedko Masharov in the 93rd minute of play forced FC JomeL's goalkeeper Hristofor Chatalbashev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Sokolowo eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.