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Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Kubrat Zehirev was out of position in the 3 minute of play, and Slavyan Lesnovski capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Slavyan Lesnovski really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Veliko Santurdzhiev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rashko Kapitanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 11th minute, ФК Светкавица's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Svetoslav Santurdzhiev fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. A collision led to ФК Светкавица getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Doychin Tzalov hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in ФК Светкавица's zone, Slavyan Lesnovski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kubrat Zehirev came out of the goal and Slavyan Lesnovski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Slavyan Lesnovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Kubrat Zehirev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 25 minutes into the game, ФК Светкавица's Rashko Kapitanov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Veliko Santurdzhiev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Bozhko Madin hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Svetoslav Santurdzhiev might have been able to make a better finish in the 31st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kubrat Zehirev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Svetoslav Santurdzhiev ran back to his position shaking his head. Rashko Kapitanov 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. If Svetoslav Santurdzhiev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Slavyan Lesnovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Kubrat Zehirev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 40 minutes, Lozan Sechenski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tarator and the ФК Светкавица players grew even worse after the yellow card. Viden Platnarov'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. Viden Platnarov helped the player get up and apologised. 43 minutes into the game, one of ФК Светкавица:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Slavyan Lesnovski to make the kick off. A collision led to Tarator getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Prodan Velyov hit a great ball. 56 minutes into the match, Tarator's goal looked a bit too open when Rashko Kapitanov came free, but Veliko Santurdzhiev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Slavyan Lesnovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Slavyan Lesnovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Slavyan Lesnovski in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kubrat Zehirev saved ФК Светкавица from getting behind. In the 68th match minute, Tarator was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lozan Sechenski to maneuver through the defense. Kubrat Zehirev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Slavyan Lesnovski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svetoslav Santurdzhiev in the 75th minute of play forced ФК Светкавица's goalkeeper Kubrat Zehirev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Delcho Petkov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 79th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Kubrat Zehirev. ФК Светкавица's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 80th minute, Svetoslav Santurdzhiev made a precise shot to the right of Kubrat Zehirev. ФК Светкавица's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Svetoslav Santurdzhiev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Svetoslav Santurdzhiev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Slavyan Lesnovski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tarator's supporters rose to their feet, but Slavyan Lesnovski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kubrat Zehirev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kubrat Zehirev came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by Tarator's Svetoslav Santurdzhiev. But to his dismay, Svetoslav Santurdzhiev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. Tarator walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.