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Neaplii Stadion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adalbert Gaydardzhiev got the match started through his kick off. Kuncho Dushkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Evstati Dokev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pancho Vladislavov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radoslav Dzhangozov in the 7th minute of play. Tzocho Terziyanov hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Kuncho Dushkin kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, CSKA's Stoimen Shipchanov got a free kick in the 12th minute. In the 13th minute, Subin Panicherski sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and CSKA's Pancho Vladislavov didn't even have to move. 18 minutes into the game, Vergil Stiptzarov recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Evstati Dokev. Vergil Stiptzarov showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Pancho Vladislavov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radoslav Dzhangozov, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. With an all-out effort, CSKA's Evstati Dokev threw himself towards the right post 23 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Adalbert Gaydardzhiev, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Pancho Vladislavov came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Tigers of Bistritsa's Radoslav Dzhangozov. But to his dismay, Radoslav Dzhangozov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. In the 32nd minute, Stoimen Shipchanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Asparuh Bubov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Yuli Blagiev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Yuli Blagiev in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pancho Vladislavov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Yuli Blagiev came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Tigers of Bistritsa 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 Yuli Blagiev couldn't finish the play. When the match clock showed 47 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Yuli Blagiev sped through CSKA's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pancho Vladislavov. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

With his leg Pancho Vladislavov managed to avoid a goal in the 57thth minute, when Tigers of Bistritsa's Radoslav Dzhangozov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Adalbert Gaydardzhiev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Yuli Blagiev put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Pancho Vladislavov. When the match clock showed 73 minutes, the score became 1-4 when Yuli Blagiev sped through CSKA's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pancho Vladislavov. Subin Panicherski's late challenge caught a CSKA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Subin Panicherski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 79th minute, Subin Panicherski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 83 minutes into the match, Yuli Blagiev dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Pancho Vladislavov, 1-5. The audience was convinced that Yuli Blagiev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pancho Vladislavov was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. When Kuncho Dushkin fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored CSKA's protests and gave Kuncho Dushkin a yellow card for diving instead. In the 95th match minute, CSKA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kuncho Dushkin to maneuver through the defense. Tigers of Bistritsa played a much better game than CSKA and deserved their victory. The CSKA players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.