Official Cup

Poljud
Spectators: 196 (Terracing: 148, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) SPARROWS's Minko Búrnev started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd match minute, SPARROWS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Svetlozar Florov to maneuver through the defense. In the 7th minute Grozdan Grozev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Martyn Baiseitov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Minko Búrnev scored 0-1 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Martyn Baiseitov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Arkhip Repin'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. Arkhip Repin helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of SPARROWS booed when FC Caspiy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arkhip Repin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Martyn Baiseitov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Minko Búrnev in the 22nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timur Grek in the 27th minute of play forced SPARROWS's goalkeeper Genko Dankin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Martyn Baiseitov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Minko Búrnev went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 36th minute, Valentin Gebrev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SPARROWS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 45th minute Minko Búrnev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Martyn Baiseitov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Timur Grek to make the kick off. Martyn Baiseitov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Minko Búrnev, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Martyn Baiseitov made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Valentin Gebrev sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Klim Muravev in the 65th minute of play forced SPARROWS's goalkeeper Genko Dankin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute, Konstantin Shumarov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. SPARROWS made a substitution. Vesko Kanin replaced Grozdan Grozev. In the 67th match minute, SPARROWS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konstantin Shumarov to maneuver through the defense. Artem Yastrebov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Genko Dankin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th minute, Yanislav Plachkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st minute of the match, Minko Búrnev tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Martyn Baiseitov saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Yanislav Plachkov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Martyn Baiseitov made a huge save. Genko Dankin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Klim Muravev in the 89th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, SPARROWS's goal looked a bit too open when Klim Muravev came free, but Genko Dankin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 89 minutes in the game, Klim Muravev dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. When the final whistle sounded SPARROWS left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Caspiy.