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Бобов дол Арена
Spectators: 5001 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1001, VIP seats: 0) Iliyan Arnaudov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Миньор БД's Zlatko Gúrdakov got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Iliyan Arnaudov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Danail Kolchagov was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. After having played for 8 minutes, Tzvetoslav Lazhev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ФК Звезда's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tzvetoslav Lazhev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Миньор БД's Doychin Zhablenski got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 12 minutes into the match, ФК Звезда's goal looked a bit too open when Doychin Zhablenski came free, but Danail Kolchagov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 13 played minutes ФК Звезда got a freekick which was hit by Oleg Patronev. In the 14th minute, Zlatin Marangozov 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. Danail Kolchagov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Parvan Mechkarski in the 15th minute of play. Iliyan Arnaudov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Danail Kolchagov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Doychin Zhablenski, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Doychin Zhablenski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to ФК Звезда getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Evlogi Tabov hit a great ball. Iliyan Arnaudov struck a weak shot in the 31st minute. Danail Kolchagov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Миньор БД. Danail Kolchagov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doychin Zhablenski in the 33rd minute of play. Evlogi Tabov's late challenge caught a Миньор БД's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Evlogi Tabov helped the player get up and apologised. If Doychin Zhablenski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zlatko Gúrdakov in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Danail Kolchagov saved ФК Звезда from getting behind. Danail Kolchagov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimcho Leshtarski in the 39th minute of play. Danail Kolchagov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Doychin Zhablenski went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tzvetoslav Lazhev to make the kick off. The Миньор БД fans' excitement grew in the 51st match minute when Миньор БД's Zlatko Gúrdakov looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Parvan Mechkarski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Danail Kolchagov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Iliyan Arnaudov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Миньор БД's Parvan Mechkarski got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. ФК Звезда's Danail Kolchagov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimcho Leshtarski in the 68th minute of play. Doychin Zhablenski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Danail Kolchagov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Parvan Mechkarski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Danail Kolchagov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iliyan Arnaudov, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Danail Kolchagov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Parvan Mechkarski in the 78th minute of the match. In the 79th minute Zlatko Gúrdakov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Danail Kolchagov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Danail Kolchagov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doychin Zhablenski in the 81st minute of play. In the 83rd minute Doychin Zhablenski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Danail Kolchagov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iliyan Arnaudov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Danail Kolchagov having to interfere. Zlatko Gúrdakov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Danail Kolchagov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Evlogi Tabov got his second yellow card in the match during the 95th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Evlogi Tabov kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Миньор БД had played much better football throughout.