League Play-Off

Surnak
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tzvetan Margitov got the match started through his kick off. Olivier Giroud hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Svetoslav Lyutakov was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 3rd minute. Agregat Kostandovo's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 8 minutes into the match, Agregat Kostandovo's goal looked a bit too open when Zbigniew Paraszczuk came free, but Kamen Spahiyski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 13 minutes into the match, Agregat Kostandovo's Svetoslav Lyutakov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hans Curtis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Benjamin Lundgren's late challenge caught a Agregat Kostandovo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Benjamin Lundgren helped the player get up and apologised. 18 minutes into the match, Anastas Stanislavov notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of VN FC Spartak-Varna's Hans Curtis. Hans Curtis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Kamen Spahiyski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benjamin Lundgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With an all-out effort, Agregat Kostandovo's Hans Curtis threw himself towards the right post 25 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Svetoslav Lyutakov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Hans Curtis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anastas Stanislavov in the 28th minute of the match. In the 30th minute Danny Valentin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kamen Spahiyski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Peter Boklund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hans Curtis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anastas Stanislavov in the 35th minute of play. In the 42nd match minute, Agregat Kostandovo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vitan Kukev to maneuver through the defense. Benjamin Lundgren hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. In the 45th minute, Milen Manaskov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Agregat Kostandovo's Tzenko Ushev got a free kick in the 47th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When Danny Valentin came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the VN FC Spartak-Varna 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 Danny Valentin couldn't finish the play. Kamen Spahiyski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zbigniew Paraszczuk in the 56th minute. Hans Curtis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yulian Shtrapulyov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svetoslav Lyutakov in the 58th minute of play forced VN FC Spartak-Varna's goalkeeper Hans Curtis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58thth minute of the game Tzvetan Margitov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but VN FC Spartak-Varna's Hans Curtis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Hans Curtis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Svetoslav Lyutakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 65th minute, VN FC Spartak-Varna's Benjamin Lundgren dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svetoslav Lyutakov in the 79th minute of play forced VN FC Spartak-Varna's goalkeeper Hans Curtis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anastas Stanislavov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Hans Curtis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Agregat Kostandovo booed when VN FC Spartak-Varna was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kaloyan Shavarski didn't get a good kick on the ball. VN FC Spartak-Varna's Hans Curtis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Apostolov in the 84th minute of play. In the 87th minute, Miroslav Randelov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hans Curtis was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Hans Curtis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Svetoslav Lyutakov in the 94th minute of play. In the 96th minute Tzvetan Margitov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hans Curtis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.