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Ramforce Arena
Spectators: 7747 (Terracing: 5812, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Adam Stranchanski kicked off to start the match. Stancho Rikov hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Biser Bozadzhiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yanek Babadzhanov having to interfere. If Marian Chernev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Adam Stranchanski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mincho Yotzev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Yanek Babadzhanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 24th minute, Rostislav Zhezhov 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. Marian Chernev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. CSKA Tscherniza's Yanek Babadzhanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mincho Yotzev in the 29th minute of play. Yanek Babadzhanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mincho Yotzev in the 31st minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Ramforce FC's zone, Marian Chernev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zanko Banchev came out of the goal and Marian Chernev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marian Chernev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 36th minute Marian Chernev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zanko Banchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Ramforce FC getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Serafim Daskalov hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Rostislav Zhezhov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Yanek Babadzhanov. That made the score 1-0 in the 39 minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, Adam Stranchanski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yanek Babadzhanov. CSKA Tscherniza's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adam Stranchanski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. 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 2-0.

The wind increased when Teodosi Mankov made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the game, Ramforce FC's Alek Karadimov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yanek Babadzhanov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Rostislav Zhezhov's late challenge caught a CSKA Tscherniza's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rostislav Zhezhov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 58th minute, Rostislav Zhezhov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. CSKA Tscherniza's Serafim Suvandzhiev couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 59th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Ramforce FC. If Teodosi Mankov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ramforce FC's Zanko Banchev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teodosi Mankov in the 66th minute of play. Biser Bozadzhiev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yanek Babadzhanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mincho Yotzev in the 81st minute of play. In the 82nd minute, Biser Bozadzhiev 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 83rd match minute, CSKA Tscherniza was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Serafim Suvandzhiev to maneuver through the defense. In the 84th minute of the match Spiro Padarev sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Yanek Babadzhanov skillfully saved the ball. When Venelin Chovalinov fell near the penalty area in the 90th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ramforce FC's protests and gave Venelin Chovalinov a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Ramforce FC's Venelin Chovalinov got a free kick in the 90th minute. Serafim Suvandzhiev was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 91st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, CSKA Tscherniza's Radoslav Monchev got a free kick in the 94th minute. In the 95th minute of the match Spiro Padarev shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Yanek Babadzhanov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 97th minute Adam Stranchanski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yanek Babadzhanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ramforce 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.