League Play-Off

Deblec Stadion
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Boris Shalev started the match with the kick off. In the 7th minute, Iliyan Múrhov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 10th minute, Lilcho Pútov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 11 minutes into the match, CSKA Dec's goal looked a bit too open when Velin Lechev came free, but Pavel Vitanski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Levski booed when CSKA Dec was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iliyan Múrhov didn't get a good kick on the ball. 15 minutes into the match, Zlatin Baykushev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pavel Vitanski. CSKA Dec's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zlatin Baykushev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Izydor Gongolewicz made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Boris Shalev sent off a good shot on target. Levski's Izydor Gongolewicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikolay Karapetrov in the 19th minute of play. After a rather tough play, CSKA Dec's Iliyan Múrhov got a free kick in the 20th minute. After some careless play in the CSKA Dec defense, Detelin Topchev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pavel Vitanski. The CSKA Dec fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pavel Vitanski should have stopped the shot. Biser Dalev got a throw-in 30 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Radomir Krapchev. CSKA Dec's Pavel Vitanski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Milko Chakmakov in the 32nd minute of play. A collision led to CSKA Dec getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Radomir Krapchev hit a great ball. After 38 played minutes CSKA Dec got a freekick which was hit by Nikolay Karapetrov. 41 minutes into the match, Levski's goal looked a bit too open when Nikolay Karapetrov came free, but Izydor Gongolewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. CSKA Dec's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Nikolay Karapetrov in the 42nd minute. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Milko Chakmakov to strike the kick off in the second half. Izydor Gongolewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boris Shalev in the 54th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Detelin Topchev got free with Pavel Vitanski in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. CSKA Dec's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ventzislav Boshnakov 58 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-3. In the 61st match minute, Levski was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vidyo Yanov to maneuver through the defense. Lilcho Pútov made in the 66th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Levski's Naycho Gilishtarov. Boris Shalev kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. CSKA Dec's Pavel Vitanski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save CSKA Dec from getting a goal against them. 73 minutes into the match, CSKA Dec's goal looked a bit too open when Detelin Topchev came free, but Pavel Vitanski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. CSKA Dec's Pavel Vitanski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save CSKA Dec from getting a goal against them. Levski's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sergey Kaloyanov in the 81st minute. Levski's Sergey Kaloyanov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Pavel Vitanski in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When Milko Chakmakov came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Levski 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 Milko Chakmakov couldn't finish the play. In the 84th minute, Iliyan Múrhov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, Levski's Pavel Vitanski threw himself towards the right post 85 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Spiro Zlatarski, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 89th match minute, CSKA Dec was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lozan Gladnishki to maneuver through the defense. Izydor Gongolewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dragolyub Benkovski in the 95th minute of the match. Levski played a much better game than CSKA Dec and deserved their victory. The CSKA Dec players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.