League Play-Off

AREA OF DRAGONS
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Knights Templar's Zlatko Stumbov 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 8th minute Zlatko Stumbov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Krum Zhirov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to MIZIA getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Milan Kasapski hit a great ball. Nenko Bugarchev lost his temper 12 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The supporters of Knights Templar booed when MIZIA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nenko Bugarchev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zlatko Stumbov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Krum Zhirov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Krum Zhirov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sava Dodov, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. 22 minutes into the game, Roch Fedosz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Knights Templar's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MIZIA the free kick. In the 22nd minute, Roch Fedosz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 34thth minute of the game Sava Dodov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MIZIA's Krum Zhirov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Knights Templar's zone, Rusi Chergarov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Radomir Medarov came out of the goal and Rusi Chergarov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 40 minutes into the game, Celedonio Atauri was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Knights Templar's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MIZIA the free kick. In the 40th match minute, Knights Templar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Celedonio Atauri to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mito Gerchev in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Radomir Medarov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 43rd minute, Momchil Pushnikov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Sava Dodov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Krum Zhirov having to interfere. Radomir Medarov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mito Gerchev, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

The wind increased when Mito Gerchev made the kick off in the second half. When Zlatko Stumbov came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Knights Templar 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 Zlatko Stumbov couldn't finish the play. Krum Zhirov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aleksandro Nesta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Aleksandro Nesta got free in front of the goal in the 58th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Krum Zhirov was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. With a little luck, MIZIA's Krum Zhirov got control of the ball when Zlatko Stumbov tried to sneak it across the goal line. MIZIA's Krum Zhirov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save MIZIA from getting a goal against them. After 66 minutes of play, Knights Templar's Aleksandro Nesta made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Krum Zhirov was left in no man's land by his defense there! With his leg Krum Zhirov managed to avoid a goal in the 69thth minute, when Knights Templar's Zlatko Stumbov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sava Dodov in the 70th minute of play forced MIZIA's goalkeeper Krum Zhirov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MIZIA's Krum Zhirov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save MIZIA from getting a goal against them. 79 minutes into the game, Zlatko Stumbov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Knights Templar's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MIZIA the free kick. The supporters of MIZIA booed when Knights Templar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zlatko Stumbov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Celedonio Atauri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Krum Zhirov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 92 minutes into the match, MIZIA's goalkeeper Krum Zhirov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zlatko Stumbov. When the match was over Knights Templar could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than MIZIA throughout the match.