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Albanzi
Spectators: 7477 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1877, VIP seats: 100) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when João Paulo Almeida got the match started through his kick off. The referee felt a red card was in order, 2 minutes into the game, when Slavyan Dudumov put in a rough tackle. The supporters of Albanzi booed when CARDANO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Slavyan Dudumov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Delcho Dangov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kuncho Taralanski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rosen Michkov charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rosen Michkov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Albanzi booed when CARDANO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rosen Michkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Delcho Dangov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Borimir Bilalov, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Zanko Rumenov kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Rosen Michkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Delcho Dangov having to interfere. Stancho Zvezdanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Paulo Almeida in the 17th minute of the match. Rosen Michkov might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Delcho Dangov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rosen Michkov ran back to his position shaking his head. 19 minutes into the match, Albanzi's goal looked a bit too open when Stanoy Krústenov came free, but Delcho Dangov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Rosen Michkov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Delcho Dangov was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Albanzi's Miroslav Savkov got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Kuncho Taralanski hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Stancho Zvezdanov was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Zanko Rumenov. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Borimir Bilalov managed to get in a good position for a shot. CARDANO's supporters rose to their feet, but Borimir Bilalov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Delcho Dangov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Stanoy Krústenov 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. In the 31st minute Rosen Michkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Delcho Dangov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th minute, Rosen Michkov made a precise shot to the right of Delcho Dangov. Albanzi's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 39 minutes into the match, Albanzi's goal looked a bit too open when Rosen Michkov came free, but Delcho Dangov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Franky Van de Wal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stancho Zvezdanov made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Franky Van de Wal sent off a good shot on target. After the first half CARDANO were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Stanoy Krústenov was the one to do the kick off. Kuncho Taralanski hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. In the 52nd minute, Lucian Vancea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. CARDANO's Kuncho Taralanski shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 53rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Delcho Dangov but with some difficulty. After 54 minutes Albanzi's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Kuncho Taralanski who took care of the corner kick. CARDANO's Borimir Bilalov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Delcho Dangov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 57 minutes into the game, Plamen Seizov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. CARDANO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Albanzi the free kick. Plamen Seizov hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. In the game's 59th minute Albanzi's Miroslav Savkov took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Stancho Zvezdanov and thus the score was 1-1. A collision led to CARDANO getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Borimir Bilalov hit a great ball. In the 64th minute of the match Valeri Harizanov sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Stancho Zvezdanov skillfully saved the ball. The supporters of Albanzi booed when CARDANO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Todor Tronkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Todor Tronkov hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. After 68 minutes of play, Albanzi's Franky Van de Wal made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stancho Zvezdanov was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 70th match minute, CARDANO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gercho Súrbinski to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Albanzi's João Paulo Almeida got a free kick in the 74th minute. A collision led to CARDANO getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Borimir Bilalov hit a great ball. A collision led to CARDANO getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Kuncho Taralanski hit a great ball. The supporters of CARDANO booed when Albanzi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Franky Van de Wal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rosen Michkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Delcho Dangov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mladen Fúrkov scored 3-1 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stancho Zvezdanov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.