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Spectators: 7723 (Terracing: 5793, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Penko Staevski took the kick off in the first half of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Tarator's Svetoslav Santurdzhiev slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Bozhidar Fasulkov. That made the score 1-0 after 7 minutes of play. Svetoslav Santurdzhiev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Bozhidar Fasulkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 15th minute Metodi Staevski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Veliko Santurdzhiev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Penko Staevski struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Veliko Santurdzhiev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Akademi 21. Slavyan Lesnovski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Svetoslav Santurdzhiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bozhidar Fasulkov having to interfere. A collision led to Akademi 21 getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Antoni Vandov hit a great ball. Svetoslav Santurdzhiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bozhidar Fasulkov having to interfere. In the 42nd minute, Tarator's Slavyan Lesnovski ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Bozhidar Fasulkov. Bozhidar Fasulkov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. In the 46th minute of the match Delcho Petkov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bozhidar Fasulkov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Slavyan Lesnovski to make the kick off. The referee felt a red card was in order, 54 minutes into the game, when Delcho Petkov put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 53rd minute of the game. One of Tarator:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Akademi 21:s goal. Antoni Vandov's late challenge caught a Tarator's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antoni Vandov helped the player get up and apologised. After 68 played minutes Tarator got a freekick which was hit by Lozan Sechenski. Slavyan Lesnovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bozhidar Fasulkov having to interfere. In the 75th minute, Penko Staevski fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Veliko Santurdzhiev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Metodi Staevski in the 82nd minute of play. 87 minutes into the match, Tarator's goal looked a bit too open when Penko Staevski came free, but Veliko Santurdzhiev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Metodi Staevski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Akademi 21 getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Vitan Neev hit a great ball. Ilko Karaushev was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 94th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Genadi Matanov during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 96 played minutes Akademi 21 got a freekick which was hit by Genadi Matanov. In the 97th minute, Slavyan Lesnovski 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. After 99th play minutes Slavyan Lesnovski shot 3-0, a short shot which went by Bozhidar Fasulkov and just under the crossbar into goal.