League

Deljanowzi Stadion
Spectators: 1924 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Akademi 21's Penko Staevski 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. When the match clock showed 5 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Yanko Tzaribrodski sped through Akademi 21's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bozhidar Fasulkov. When ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's Stoimen Haralambiev in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Akademi 21's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yanko Tzaribrodski in the 11th minute of play forced Akademi 21's goalkeeper Bozhidar Fasulkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bozhidar Fasulkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donyo Ekimov, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 16th match minute, Akademi 21 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marin Petleshkov to maneuver through the defense. When the match clock showed 22 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Stoimen Haralambiev sped through Akademi 21's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bozhidar Fasulkov. After 24 played minutes Akademi 21 got a freekick which was hit by Kaloyan Mitrashkov. Nikifor Panagonov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marin Petleshkov in the 27th minute. Donyo Ekimov struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Bozhidar Fasulkov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ. 32 minutes into the match, Akademi 21's goal looked a bit too open when Stoimen Haralambiev came free, but Bozhidar Fasulkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Genadi Matanov's late challenge caught a ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Genadi Matanov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 36th minute, Genadi Matanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Akademi 21's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Iskren Matikanov was slow to take the kick. During this time ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's players had a chance to rest. After 40 played minutes Akademi 21 got a freekick which was hit by Zhivko Milanov. Stoimen Haralambiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bozhidar Fasulkov having to interfere. After 43 minutes of play, ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's Yanko Tzaribrodski made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bozhidar Fasulkov was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stoimen Haralambiev to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's Zahari Dungarov got a free kick in the 51st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stoimen Haralambiev in the 58th minute of play forced Akademi 21's goalkeeper Bozhidar Fasulkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute, Chudomir Pantov 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. Bozhidar Fasulkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stoimen Haralambiev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bozhidar Fasulkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yanko Tzaribrodski in the 61st minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's goal looked a bit too open when Metodi Staevski came free, but Nikifor Panagonov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 64 minutes into the game, Yanko Tzaribrodski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Akademi 21 the free kick. After a rather tough play, ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's Yanko Tzaribrodski got a free kick in the 65th minute. Yanko Tzaribrodski hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. After 75 minutes, Metodi Staevski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Akademi 21 and the ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 75th match minute, Akademi 21 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Metodi Staevski to maneuver through the defense. 78 minutes into the match, Akademi 21's goal looked a bit too open when Yanko Tzaribrodski came free, but Bozhidar Fasulkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, Akademi 21's goalkeeper Bozhidar Fasulkov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Iskren Matikanov. 86 minutes into the game, one of ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 89th minute there was a penalty for Akademi 21. Lachezar Ralenkov stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Nikifor Panagonov. 1-3. When ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's Stoimen Haralambiev in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Akademi 21's goalie prevented a goal. Stoimen Haralambiev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Bozhidar Fasulkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.