League Play-Off

Arbanasi
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) FC Durzhanitsa's Tihomir Garvanski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teofan Prúchkov in the 5th minute of play. If Avgust Savev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 8th match minute, CSKA Arbanasi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mito Búzovski to maneuver through the defense. In the 9th minute, Vitko Lyalev made a precise shot to the right of Iliyan Yanov. CSKA Arbanasi's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. When Asparuh Bratanov fell near the penalty area in the 13th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Durzhanitsa's protests and gave Asparuh Bratanov a yellow card for diving instead. Asparuh Bratanov hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. In the 27th minute, Preslav Lichev fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Tihomir Garvanski, passed just outside the right post. In the 30th minute, Teofan Prúchkov 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. Avgust Savev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iliyan Yanov having to interfere. The supporters of FC Durzhanitsa booed when CSKA Arbanasi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mito Búzovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Preslav Lichev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Tihomir Garvanski made a huge save. Vitko Lyalev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Iliyan Yanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vitko Lyalev in the 40th minute of play forced CSKA Arbanasi's goalkeeper Iliyan Yanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute, Teofan Prúchkov fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Iliyan Yanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitko Lyalev in the 48th minute of the match. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Teofan Prúchkov was the one to do the kick off. In the 55th minute Teofan Prúchkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tihomir Garvanski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Evtim Dzhondzhorov fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Durzhanitsa's protests and gave Evtim Dzhondzhorov a yellow card for diving instead. In the 56th minute, Evtim Dzhondzhorov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Preslav Lichev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Avgust Savev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Iliyan Yanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 80 minutes into the match, Vitko Lyalev dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Iliyan Yanov, 1-2. Avgust Savev struck a weak shot in the 84th minute. Iliyan Yanov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Durzhanitsa. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Vitko Lyalev took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Iliyan Yanov to make any attempt to save it. 89 minutes into the game, Teofan Prúchkov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. CSKA Arbanasi's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Durzhanitsa the free kick. Teofan Prúchkov hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Tihomir Garvanski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teofan Prúchkov in the 94th minute of the match. When Teofan Prúchkov came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the CSKA Arbanasi 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 Teofan Prúchkov couldn't finish the play. FC Durzhanitsa's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.