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Димитър Бурков
Spectators: 7663 (Terracing: 5748, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) Rashko Kapitanov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Zhecho Deliyski managed to get in a good position for a shot. ФК Светкавица's supporters rose to their feet, but Zhecho Deliyski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Prokopi Mednev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Maksim Ederov's late challenge caught a ФК Светкавица's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Maksim Ederov helped the player get up and apologised. Slavey Andreychin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 12th minute, Doychin Tzalov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 14 minutes into the game, Penko Redanski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ФК Светкавица's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Newton Heath the free kick. A collision led to ФК Светкавица getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Penko Redanski hit a great ball. When Vute Gevezov came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Newton Heath fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Vute Gevezov couldn't finish the play. In the 18thth minute of the game Rashko Kapitanov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Newton Heath's Prokopi Mednev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Zhecho Deliyski was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 26th minute. ФК Светкавица's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 30th match minute, ФК Светкавица was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Doychin Tzalov to maneuver through the defense. In the 33rd minute, Vute Gevezov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kubrat Zehirev was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 36th match minute, Newton Heath was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bone Michinov to maneuver through the defense. Slavey Andreychin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Kubrat Zehirev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 41st minute of the game. One of ФК Светкавица:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Newton Heath:s goal. Kubrat Zehirev went to the wrong direction when Todor Lalovski was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Kubrat Zehirev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vute Gevezov, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Rashko Kapitanov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Prokopi Mednev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kubrat Zehirev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vute Gevezov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 61st minute, Tomislav Yonevski made a precise shot to the right of Prokopi Mednev. Newton Heath's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind ФК Светкавица's goalkeeper Kubrat Zehirev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 71 minutes into the match, Newton Heath's goal looked a bit too open when Rashko Kapitanov came free, but Prokopi Mednev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Zhecho Deliyski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Prokopi Mednev was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Prokopi Mednev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rashko Kapitanov in the 79th minute of the match. Kubrat Zehirev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bone Michinov, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Vute Gevezov 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. Kubrat Zehirev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vute Gevezov, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.