League

Tsiganovo Stadion
Spectators: 6796 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 30) Angel Barzov made the kick off and thus started the match. Naycho Manchev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stoyo Momchilov's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. Strahil Kiritzov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angel Barzov in the 4th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Tsiganovo's Stoyo Momchilov got a free kick in the 7th minute. Evgeni Antonov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rashko Krapchev in the 15thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Naycho Manchev, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Evgeni Antonov in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Strahil Kiritzov saved Tsiganovo from getting behind. Yulian Tuliyski hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. When Rashko Krapchev came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Tsiganovo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Rashko Krapchev couldn't finish the play. Naycho Manchev didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Tsiganovo's Stoyo Momchilov shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 25th minute, Zlatin Kyuvliev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Strahil Kiritzov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angel Barzov in the 27th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Verdikal's zone, Zlatin Kyuvliev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Naycho Manchev came out of the goal and Zlatin Kyuvliev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 32nd play minutes Petko Tashev shot 2-0, a short shot which went by Naycho Manchev and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 36th minute Yulian Tuliyski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Strahil Kiritzov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Tsiganovo booed when Verdikal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Simeon Svilarski didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Rashko Krapchev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Angel Barzov scored 2-1 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Strahil Kiritzov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Rashko Krapchev made the kick off in the second half. Naycho Manchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rashko Krapchev, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. In the 55th minute, Zlatin Kyuvliev 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. 57 minutes into the match, Simeon Svilarski dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Strahil Kiritzov, 2-2. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Petko Tashev in the 61st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Naycho Manchev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 62 minutes had been played when some careless play by Verdikal's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stoyo Momchilov was slow to take the kick. During this time Tsiganovo's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petko Tashev in the 66th minute of play forced Verdikal's goalkeeper Naycho Manchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Petko Tashev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Naycho Manchev was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Strahil Kiritzov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angel Barzov, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Petko Tashev in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Naycho Manchev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 74th minute of the match, Evgeni Antonov got a very nice opportunity to score, but Strahil Kiritzov was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 77 minutes into the match, Tsiganovo's goal looked a bit too open when Angel Barzov came free, but Strahil Kiritzov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Tsiganovo's Strahil Kiritzov got control of the ball when Evgeni Antonov tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 84 played minutes Verdikal got a freekick which was hit by Simeon Svilarski. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Petko Tashev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tsiganovo's supporters rose to their feet, but Petko Tashev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Naycho Manchev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Strahil Kiritzov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Angel Barzov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Naycho Manchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stoyo Momchilov, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Naycho Manchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Petko Tashev in the 94th minute of the match. Yulian Tuliyski kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Tsiganovo's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.