League

Spanchov Stadion
Spectators: 6734 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 0) Kaloyan Vasov made the kick off and thus started the match. Kaloyan Vasov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 4 minutes, Iliya Vladislavov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Khambarlii and the Spanchov players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Yani Palatov fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Khambarlii's protests and gave Yani Palatov a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Khambarlii getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Yani Palatov hit a great ball. Kaloyan Vasov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maksim Chalúmov having to interfere. Rayko Borgovski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Maksim Chalúmov made a huge save. Yavor Kiratzov might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Boyko Teofanov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yavor Kiratzov ran back to his position shaking his head. Khambarlii's Svetlan Malashevski got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Boyko Teofanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Svetlan Malashevski, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Boyko Teofanov came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Khambarlii's Yavor Kiratzov. But to his dismay, Yavor Kiratzov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After having played for 34 minutes, Yavor Kiratzov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Khambarlii's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yavor Kiratzov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Khambarlii's Svetlan Malashevski got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Khambarlii's Maksim Chalúmov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kaloyan Vasov in the 40th minute of play. Khambarlii's Maksim Chalúmov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Khambarlii from getting a goal against them. If Yani Palatov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yavor Kiratzov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Rayko Borgovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rayko Borgovski in the 59th minute of play forced Khambarlii's goalkeeper Maksim Chalúmov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kaloyan Vasov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maksim Chalúmov having to interfere. After 64 played minutes Khambarlii got a freekick which was hit by Yavor Kiratzov. Maksim Chalúmov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kaloyan Vasov in the 68th minute of play. Rayko Borgovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rayko Borgovski in the 72nd minute of play forced Khambarlii's goalkeeper Maksim Chalúmov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute, Iliya Vladislavov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Radul Kamarski, 79 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Rayko Borgovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maksim Chalúmov having to interfere. After 82 minutes of play Khambarlii's Iliya Vladislavov was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Iliya Vladislavov kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Rayko Borgovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Maksim Chalúmov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Maksim Chalúmov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaloyan Vasov, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. The Khambarlii players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.