League Play-Off

SF City 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. Slaveyko Lyubomirov started the match with the kick off. Simeon Kabakov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doychin Badzhov in the 3rd minute of play. Simeon Kabakov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krasen Randelov in the 6th minute of play. Doychin Badzhov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zhivko Aydarov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Gerasim Boevski was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 15 minutes had been played. The supporters of Sofia City booed when Parwenez was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerasim Boevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Slaveyko Lyubomirov had several of the Parwenez's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 18 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Evlogi Raynov as he didn't even see the shot coming. Krasen Randelov hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Slaveyko Lyubomirov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 25th minute, Krasen Randelov 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Slaveyko Lyubomirov got free with Evlogi Raynov in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A throw-in in the 38th minute of the game was made by Branislav Kitev with Dobri Lyutakov as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 39th match minute, Sofia City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Argir Gasharov to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Slaveyko Lyubomirov got free with Evlogi Raynov in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 42 minutes into the game, Doychin Badzhov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Parwenez's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sofia City the free kick. The supporters of Sofia City booed when Parwenez was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Doychin Badzhov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Botyo Krústanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evlogi Raynov having to interfere. Slaveyko Lyubomirov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Krasen Randelov to make the kick off. After 53 minutes of play, Sofia City's Slaveyko Lyubomirov made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Evlogi Raynov was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Sofia City getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Temelko Severov hit a great ball. In the 57th minute of the match Strahil Tyutyundzhiev sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Simeon Kabakov skillfully saved the ball. Slaveyko Lyubomirov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 62 minutes into the match, Slaveyko Lyubomirov notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Parwenez's Evlogi Raynov. Evlogi Raynov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Slaveyko Lyubomirov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Delcho Kraevski took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Evlogi Raynov. Evlogi Raynov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. In the 73rd minute, Metodi Kirev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Evlogi Raynov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Slaveyko Lyubomirov in the 76th minute of play. After having played for 78 minutes, Botyo Krústanov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sofia City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Botyo Krústanov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Slaveyko Lyubomirov came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Sofia City 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 Slaveyko Lyubomirov couldn't finish the play. Slaveyko Lyubomirov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evlogi Raynov having to interfere. Evlogi Raynov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Delcho Kraevski, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute.