League

Stozher
Spectators: 6745 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1745, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Filcho Hindalov started the match with the kick off. Filcho Hindalov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lulcho Velkovski having to interfere. 5 minutes into the match, FC Stozher's goal looked a bit too open when Damyan Belemezov came free, but Lulcho Velkovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Filcho Hindalov might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lulcho Velkovski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Filcho Hindalov ran back to his position shaking his head. Vanko Pankev made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Mavrudi Topuzliev sent off a good shot on target. In the 10th minute, Mavrudi Topuzliev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Stozher fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Mavrudi Topuzliev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vanko Pankev having to interfere. After some careless play in the FC Stozher defense, Damyan Belemezov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lulcho Velkovski. The FC Stozher fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lulcho Velkovski should have stopped the shot. Slavcho Svilarski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Vanko Pankev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vanko Pankev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Slavcho Svilarski, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Mavrudi Topuzliev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vanko Pankev having to interfere. 37 minutes in the game, Slavcho Svilarski fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Vanko Pankev having to interfere. The supporters of FC Stozher booed when Mikeloto 1897 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zahari Danchev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mavrudi Topuzliev who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 48thth minute tested the skills of Vanko Pankev when he managed to save the team from getting behind.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Slavcho Svilarski to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Mikeloto 1897's goal looked a bit too open when Slavcho Svilarski came free, but Vanko Pankev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, FC Stozher's Svetoslav Staynov got a free kick in the 59th minute. Mavrudi Topuzliev scored 2-1 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vanko Pankev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Filcho Hindalov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lulcho Velkovski was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. Vanko Pankev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Slavcho Svilarski, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. The audience was convinced that Slavcho Svilarski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vanko Pankev was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Lulcho Velkovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filcho Hindalov, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Lyubcho Stepanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vanko Pankev having to interfere. After 79 minutes of play, FC Stozher's Slavcho Svilarski made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vanko Pankev was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Slavcho Svilarski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Slavcho Svilarski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vanko Pankev having to interfere. Mikeloto 1897's Vanko Pankev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Slavcho Svilarski in the 88th minute of play. FC Stozher's defense didn't have a chance, in the 93rd minute, when Filcho Hindalov scored to the left of an out of position Lulcho Velkovski, making the score, 3-2. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. FC Stozher had won after a very even match.