Official Cup

Grivata Arena
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Milyo Matrov made the kick off which started today's match. In the 7th minute, FC Grivata's Slavyan Budinov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Milyo Matrov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gualterio Loco having to interfere. Lyuben Vetov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Gualterio Loco made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Nestor Nuxila's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iliyan Gavrilov was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Gualterio Loco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milyo Matrov in the 18th minute of the match. After 19 minutes, Celedonio Gaizkine mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Quebrachitos FC and the FC Grivata players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 19th match minute, Quebrachitos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Celedonio Gaizkine to maneuver through the defense. If Nestor Nuxila had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in FC Grivata's zone, Nestor Nuxila stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Iliyan Gavrilov came out of the goal and Nestor Nuxila tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Preben Elkjær charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Preben Elkjær the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 26th minute, Preben Elkjær hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 27 minutes into the match, Quebrachitos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Milyo Matrov came free, but Gualterio Loco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 33 minutes into the game, Quebrachitos FC's Tadeo Mannie nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Iliyan Gavrilov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. The supporters of Quebrachitos FC booed when FC Grivata was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Slavyan Budinov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Iliyan Gavrilov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nestor Nuxila, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daniel Abastas lost his temper 41 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 40th minute of the game. One of Quebrachitos FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC Grivata:s goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celedonio Gaizkine in the 47th minute of play forced FC Grivata's goalkeeper Iliyan Gavrilov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

Lyuben Vetov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gualterio Loco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lyuben Vetov in the 53rd minute of the match. Iliyan Gavrilov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tadeo Mannie, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 56th minute, Florencio Caton hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Iliyan Gavrilov managed to avoid a goal in the 62ndth minute, when Quebrachitos FC's Tadeo Mannie fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The supporters of Quebrachitos FC booed when FC Grivata was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ginyo Púpkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tadeo Mannie might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Iliyan Gavrilov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tadeo Mannie ran back to his position shaking his head. Preben Elkjær kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Lyuben Vetov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Gualterio Loco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Iliyan Gavrilov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tadeo Mannie, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Benicio Iban fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iliyan Gavrilov having to interfere. After having played for 91 minutes, Ancho Sakarski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Grivata's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ancho Sakarski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 95th minute, Simeon Tetikov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Grivata's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.