League

Vidima Stadion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Todor Súrbinov got the match started through his kick off. Luvovete Plovdiv's Krasen Tzarev quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Velizar Mitzovski, made in the 11th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Bilyan Balov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Luvovete Plovdiv's supporters rose to their feet, but Bilyan Balov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Doychin Stratiev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Krasen Tzarev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bilyan Balov in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Doychin Stratiev saved Vidima from getting behind. Bilyan Balov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nasko Isporski charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nasko Isporski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Vidima getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Nasko Isporski hit a great ball. After 21 played minutes, Luvovete Plovdiv's Bilyan Balov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Doychin Stratiev came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Luvovete Plovdiv reached it. Bilyan Balov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Doychin Stratiev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Krasen Tzarev kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. When Vidima's Todor Súrbinov in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Luvovete Plovdiv's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of Luvovete Plovdiv booed when Vidima was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Velizar Mitzovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Doychin Stratiev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bilyan Balov in the 34th minute of the match. Bilyan Balov 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. Luvovete Plovdiv's Bilyan Balov got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Bilyan Balov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Doychin Stratiev was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. 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 away team seemed most concentrated when Bilyan Balov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes had been played when some careless play by Vidima's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bilyan Balov was slow to take the kick. During this time Luvovete Plovdiv's players had a chance to rest. At last the ball reached Krasen Tzarev at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Vidima. 0-1. Luvovete Plovdiv's Bilyan Balov got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rumen Mantov charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rumen Mantov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 62nd match minute, Luvovete Plovdiv was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rumen Mantov to maneuver through the defense. Velyo Vidolov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 65th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Genadi Choevski. Luvovete Plovdiv's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 70 minutes into the game, Bilyan Balov lined in a short shot 0-2 behind a frustrated Doychin Stratiev. With a little luck, Vidima's Doychin Stratiev got control of the ball when Andrey Rakov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Stoyadin Chureshki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Bilyan Balov didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 0-4 via right post in the game's 88th minute. Luvovete Plovdiv's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! Bilyan Balov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Doychin Stratiev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luvovete Plovdiv played a much better game than Vidima and deserved their victory. The Vidima players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.