Official Cup

FALCONS NEST
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Xande Cavani started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to SEA FALCONS getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Serafim Deninski hit a great ball. 4 minutes into the match, SEA FALCONS's goal looked a bit too open when Oriche Isazi came free, but Yani Tenekedzhiev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yani Tenekedzhiev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xande Cavani in the 6th minute of the match. 8 minutes into the match, SEA FALCONS's goal looked a bit too open when Eusebio Ecija came free, but Yani Tenekedzhiev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 9 minutes of play, VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Xande Cavani made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yani Tenekedzhiev was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Huang Xi Feng came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the VERDOLAGA CITY FC 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 Huang Xi Feng couldn't finish the play. Guaberto Arce sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 16th minute, Omurtag Kulin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Barbaros Bozbey was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. After 20 played minutes VERDOLAGA CITY FC got a freekick which was hit by Erland Trolle. 22 minutes into the match, Oriche Isazi notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of SEA FALCONS's Yani Tenekedzhiev. Yani Tenekedzhiev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Yani Tenekedzhiev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Huang Xi Feng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yani Tenekedzhiev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oriche Isazi, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Huang Xi Feng in the 28th minute of play forced SEA FALCONS's goalkeeper Yani Tenekedzhiev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th match minute, SEA FALCONS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Doncho Avtanski to maneuver through the defense. Huang Xi Feng's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Yani Tenekedzhiev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. In the 32nd minute Oriche Isazi 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Oriche Isazi in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yani Tenekedzhiev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xande Cavani in the 37th minute of play forced SEA FALCONS's goalkeeper Yani Tenekedzhiev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, Xande Cavani had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yani Tenekedzhiev. SEA FALCONS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xande Cavani was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. When Huang Xi Feng came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the VERDOLAGA CITY FC 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 Huang Xi Feng couldn't finish the play. When Zheko Agov fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SEA FALCONS's protests and gave Zheko Agov a yellow card for diving instead. 46 minutes into the game, Eusebio Ecija cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Yani Tenekedzhiev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After the first half VERDOLAGA CITY FC were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Preslav Maev made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, SEA FALCONS's goal looked a bit too open when Eusebio Ecija came free, but Yani Tenekedzhiev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by SEA FALCONS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Huang Xi Feng was slow to take the kick. During this time VERDOLAGA CITY FC's players had a chance to rest. 57 minutes into the match, SEA FALCONS's goalkeeper Yani Tenekedzhiev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Huang Xi Feng. Eusebio Ecija recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 61 minutes into the match, SEA FALCONS's goal looked a bit too open when Huang Xi Feng came free, but Yani Tenekedzhiev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. SEA FALCONS's Yani Tenekedzhiev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save SEA FALCONS from getting a goal against them. Yani Tenekedzhiev made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Oriche Isazi sent off a good shot on target. 65 minutes into the match, SEA FALCONS's goal looked a bit too open when Huang Xi Feng came free, but Yani Tenekedzhiev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Xande Cavani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yani Tenekedzhiev was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. VERDOLAGA CITY FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Huang Xi Feng in the 67th minute. A nice corner shot did that Huang Xi Feng got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Yani Tenekedzhiev quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 69 played minutes SEA FALCONS got a freekick which was hit by Omurtag Kulin. In the 71st minute Xande Cavani 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. Yani Tenekedzhiev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eusebio Ecija, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute Xande Cavani 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. The corner led to VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Fabian Brinker getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 79th minute Huang Xi Feng 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. 87 minutes into the game, VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Xande Cavani nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yani Tenekedzhiev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-6. Yani Tenekedzhiev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eusebio Ecija in the 90th minute of play. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind VERDOLAGA CITY FC's goalkeeper Barbaros Bozbey, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the match was over VERDOLAGA CITY FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than SEA FALCONS throughout the match.