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NIKOLA FC STADIUM
Spectators: 7520 (Terracing: 5800, Seating: 1600, VIP seats: 120) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Krasen Hadzhistefanov started the match with the kick off. Kitka's defense didn't have a chance, in the 3rd minute, when Donyo Kusev scored to the left of an out of position Dochko Volev, making the score, 1-0. Kitka's Dochko Volev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Kitka from getting a goal against them. Dochko Volev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donyo Kusev in the 8th minute of play. Dochko Volev was out of position in the 10 minute of play, and Evstati Vushev capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Evstati Vushev really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. After having played for 14 minutes, Anton Bekirski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kitka's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anton Bekirski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 16 minutes into the match, Jozef Slobodník dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dochko Volev, 3-0. With 20 minutes on the clock, Chavdar Pochinkov commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Kitka fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 19th minute. Penalty! NIKOLA FC's Dobromir Panagonov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radostin Ivanchev in the 31st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Radostin Ivanchev during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Radostin Ivanchev kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Dochko Volev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donyo Kusev in the 35th minute of play. In the 37th minute of the game Evstati Vushev made a throw-in which Donyo Kusev played forward. Teofan Genchovski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Dochko Volev made a huge save. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

When Donyo Kusev fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored NIKOLA FC's protests and gave Donyo Kusev a yellow card for diving instead. In the 53rd match minute, NIKOLA FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Donyo Kusev to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Kitka getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Lyuboslav Ribarov hit a great ball. Kitka's Dochko Volev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donyo Kusev in the 57th minute of play. Dochko Volev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jozef Slobodník in the 59th minute of play. After some careless play in the Kitka defense, Krasen Hadzhistefanov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dochko Volev. The Kitka fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dochko Volev should have stopped the shot. Dochko Volev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Krasen Hadzhistefanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 72 minutes of play, NIKOLA FC's Krasen Hadzhistefanov made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dochko Volev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dochko Volev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donyo Kusev in the 75th minute of the match. Kitka's Dochko Volev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donyo Kusev in the 77th minute of play. Dochko Volev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Donyo Kusev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Radostin Ivanchev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 86 minutes of play, NIKOLA FC's Donyo Kusev made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dochko Volev was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 90th minute, Donyo Kusev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dochko Volev was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. Arso Gilov charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arso Gilov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 93 played minutes NIKOLA FC got a freekick which was hit by Arso Gilov. NIKOLA FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.