Official Cup

Spartak Varna
Spectators: 571 (Terracing: 429, Seating: 131, VIP seats: 11) The supporters of VN BAKITO booed when Paralia Athens was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mircea Robu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yane Stranski's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Cristian Nicolescu firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 17th minute, Denko Tzotzev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 21 minutes into the game, Ilko Vúrlakov threw the ball into play from the sideline. Paralia Athens's Ionuț Marin quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Valeriu Floricel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 27th minute Petre Maghiran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lazar Tushev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Ilko Vúrlakov hit a great ball. Denko Tzotzev hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Denko Tzotzev charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Denko Tzotzev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Denko Tzotzev hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. When Nasko Gaydarov fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored VN BAKITO's protests and gave Nasko Gaydarov a yellow card for diving instead. In the 36th match minute, VN BAKITO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nasko Gaydarov to maneuver through the defense. Lazar Tushev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iulian Doinaș in the 40th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in VN BAKITO's zone, Petre Maghiran stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lazar Tushev came out of the goal and Petre Maghiran tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The VN BAKITO players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Paralia Athens were winning 0-1.

Cristian Nicolescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihail Nizamov in the 53rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Mihail Nizamov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristian Nicolescu was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iulian Doinaș in the 57th minute of play forced VN BAKITO's goalkeeper Lazar Tushev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Mihail Nizamov managed to get in a good position for a shot. VN BAKITO's supporters rose to their feet, but Mihail Nizamov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cristian Nicolescu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cristian Nicolescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihail Nizamov in the 81st minute of the match. Paralia Athens's Cristian Nicolescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yane Stranski in the 84th minute of play. Mircea Robu hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Cristian Nicolescu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mihail Nizamov's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. After a rather tough play, VN BAKITO's Ilko Vúrlakov got a free kick in the 96th minute.

The Paralia Athens players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.