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RED ARMY
Spectators: 7696 (Terracing: 5773, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) Tarator's Slavyan Lesnovski started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 5 played minutes Tarator got a freekick which was hit by Svetoslav Santurdzhiev. The audience was convinced that Svetoslav Santurdzhiev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Blagovest Dzhelenski was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Veliko Santurdzhiev made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Adalbert Topolski sent off a good shot on target. 15 minutes into the match, RED HEARTS's goal looked a bit too open when Svetoslav Santurdzhiev came free, but Blagovest Dzhelenski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Blagovest Dzhelenski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Svetoslav Santurdzhiev's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. In the 18th minute Svetoslav Santurdzhiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Blagovest Dzhelenski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute, Neno Púrpov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adalbert Topolski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Veliko Santurdzhiev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 36th minute Slavyan Lesnovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Blagovest Dzhelenski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anko Krushovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Adalbert Topolski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 45 minutes of play, Tarator's Svetoslav Santurdzhiev made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Blagovest Dzhelenski was left in no man's land by his defense there! The RED HEARTS players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Tarator were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Adalbert Topolski made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adalbert Topolski in the 53rd minute of play forced Tarator's goalkeeper Veliko Santurdzhiev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute of the match Raycho Gúrbov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Blagovest Dzhelenski showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Blagovest Dzhelenski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Slavyan Lesnovski's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. Blagovest Dzhelenski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slavyan Lesnovski in the 60th minute of the match. Adalbert Topolski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Veliko Santurdzhiev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Tarator's Slavyan Lesnovski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Blagovest Dzhelenski. That made the score 0-2 after 70 minutes of play. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind RED HEARTS's goalkeeper Blagovest Dzhelenski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Anko Krushovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Veliko Santurdzhiev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 77 minutes of play, RED HEARTS's Gyuro Ilyovski made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Veliko Santurdzhiev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Svetoslav Santurdzhiev's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 89thth minute, Blagovest Dzhelenski skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Andrew Vinson scored 2-2 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Veliko Santurdzhiev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to RED HEARTS getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Anko Krushovski hit a great ball. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the RED HEARTS players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.