League

Winiza Stadion
Spectators: 7686 (Terracing: 5806, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dimo Dúbov made the kick off which started today's match. Toshko Shekerdzhiyski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lachezar Deninski having to interfere. Dimo Dúbov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Lachezar Deninski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 21st minute, Marian Metev made a precise shot to the right of Emiliyan Chervenakov. CSKA Winiza's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Emiliyan Chervenakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marian Metev in the 28th minute of the match. 32 minutes into the match, THE RED STARS's goal looked a bit too open when Ruslan Shkutov came free, but Lachezar Deninski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lachezar Deninski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dimo Dúbov went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Dimo Dúbov charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dimo Dúbov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 44th minute, Milan Mandalov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 46th minute the ball was on its way in behind THE RED STARS's goalkeeper Lachezar Deninski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 48 minutes into the match, Mircho Kurdomanov notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of CSKA Winiza's Emiliyan Chervenakov. Emiliyan Chervenakov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Marian Metev made the kick off in the second half. THE RED STARS's Levent Zaimov shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 56th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Emiliyan Chervenakov but with some difficulty. Levent Zaimov charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Levent Zaimov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of CSKA Winiza booed when THE RED STARS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Levent Zaimov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 61st minute, Toshko Shekerdzhiyski got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 68th minute Toshko Shekerdzhiyski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lachezar Deninski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 69 minutes into the match, THE RED STARS's Marian Metev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emiliyan Chervenakov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 74th minute Toshko Shekerdzhiyski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lachezar Deninski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dimo Dúbov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Marian Metev came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the THE RED STARS 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 Marian Metev couldn't finish the play. Mircho Kurdomanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emiliyan Chervenakov having to interfere. Blagoy Aronov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Emiliyan Chervenakov having to make a save. 84 minutes into the match, Dimo Dúbov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lachezar Deninski. THE RED STARS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dimo Dúbov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimo Dúbov in the 90th minute of play forced THE RED STARS's goalkeeper Lachezar Deninski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marian Metev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emiliyan Chervenakov having to interfere. Blagoy Aronov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Emiliyan Chervenakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.