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Temnisko Stadion
Spectators: 7528 (Terracing: 5647, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) After a rather tough play, Ботев Пловдив's Damyan Boshnyakov got a free kick in the 9th minute. The supporters of Ботев Пловдив booed when ®G6®Levski Spartak was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Denimir Kitov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in ®G6®Levski Spartak's zone, Kliment Bachorski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Trayan Stoykovski came out of the goal and Kliment Bachorski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bocho Vakliev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to ®G6®Levski Spartak getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Vesko Búnev hit a great ball. In the 24th minute Kliment Bachorski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Trayan Stoykovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Ботев Пловдив getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Simeon Gornenski hit a great ball. 34 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when ®G6®Levski Spartak's Avgust Abazov fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. A collision led to Ботев Пловдив getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Ventzislav Timov hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bocho Vakliev got free with Alexi Pintev in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Avgust Abazov was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Kliment Bachorski 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. If Kliment Bachorski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Brunko Barakovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trayan Stoykovski having to interfere. In the 56th minute, Bocho Vakliev made a precise shot to the right of Alexi Pintev. Ботев Пловдив's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Bocho Vakliev kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. After 69 minutes, Ivo Zhekov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ®G6®Levski Spartak and the Ботев Пловдив players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 69th match minute, ®G6®Levski Spartak was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivo Zhekov to maneuver through the defense. Trayan Stoykovski acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 71st minute, took the ball on the long shot from Iliyan Budinov. Avgust Abazov scored 2-0 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alexi Pintev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alexi Pintev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bocho Vakliev, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Kliment Bachorski was extremely unlucky when he, in the 87th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Ботев Пловдив's Alexi Pintev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avgust Abazov in the 91st minute of play. Avgust Abazov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexi Pintev having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bocho Vakliev in the 95th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alexi Pintev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. ®G6®Levski Spartak's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.