Official Cup

FALCONS NEST
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Stoyan Takuchev started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Yanislav Plachkov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yani Tenekedzhiev was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Genko Dankin was out of position in the 7 minute of play, and Velko Topencharov capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Velko Topencharov really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. In the 10th minute Minko Búrnev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yani Tenekedzhiev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stoyan Takuchev in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Genko Dankin saved SPARROWS from getting behind. Yani Tenekedzhiev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Gebrev in the 16th minute of play. Valentin Gebrev kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. In the 18th minute of the match Velko Topencharov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Genko Dankin showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 20 minutes into the game, Minko Búrnev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Yani Tenekedzhiev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Genko Dankin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stoyan Takuchev in the 25th minute of play. After a rather tough play, SEA FALCONS's Milko Ploshtakov got a free kick in the 26th minute. Yani Tenekedzhiev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yanislav Plachkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Krasen Búnkov hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. In the 35th match minute, SEA FALCONS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Krasen Búnkov to maneuver through the defense. In the 38th minute Yanaki Dimanov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yani Tenekedzhiev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd match minute, SPARROWS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teodor Katerinski to maneuver through the defense. After 45 minutes, Milko Ploshtakov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SEA FALCONS and the SPARROWS players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 45 played minutes SEA FALCONS got a freekick which was hit by Milko Ploshtakov. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Minko Búrnev to make the kick off. SEA FALCONS's defense didn't have a chance, in the 60th minute, when Nacho Zegov scored to the left of an out of position Yani Tenekedzhiev, making the score, 2-2. SPARROWS's Naycho Strashilov was substituted for Delyan Kovanov. A collision led to SEA FALCONS getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Venko Santurdzhiev hit a great ball. Yani Tenekedzhiev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Minko Búrnev in the 69th minute of play. Yanaki Dimanov kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. SEA FALCONS's Yani Tenekedzhiev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Minko Búrnev in the 76th minute of play. Nacho Zegov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yani Tenekedzhiev having to interfere. The supporters of SPARROWS booed when SEA FALCONS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filip Nenov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bozhil Rashevski's late challenge caught a SPARROWS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bozhil Rashevski helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of SPARROWS booed when SEA FALCONS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bozhil Rashevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, SEA FALCONS's Yani Tenekedzhiev got control of the ball when Nacho Zegov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Yani Tenekedzhiev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Valentin Gebrev went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. SPARROWS walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.