League Play-Off

Pewez Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Delcho Matikanov got the match started through his kick off. Doychin Bonkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Kardshali's Zlatin Tatev got a free kick in the 5th minute. Ganyo Dzhikov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Penko Tuliyski, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Delcho Matikanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Doychin Bonkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Kardshali getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Iliyan Hristanov hit a great ball. If Penko Tuliyski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 22 minutes, Delcho Matikanov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kardshali's supporters crossed their fingers, but Delcho Matikanov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Antoni Bozhinov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stayko Kotzakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antoni Bozhinov made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Doychin Bonkov sent off a good shot on target. Doychin Bonkov's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Antoni Bozhinov firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 38th minute Delcho Matikanov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ganyo Dzhikov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46th match minute, Pewez was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Slavi Lilkin to maneuver through the defense. Delcho Matikanov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Ganyo Dzhikov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stayko Kotzakov to make the kick off. With an all-out effort, Kardshali's Ganyo Dzhikov threw himself towards the right post 54 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Delcho Matikanov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Antoni Bozhinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stayko Kotzakov in the 57th minute of play. In the 58th minute, Stayko Kotzakov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pewez fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 63rd minute, Stayko Kotzakov 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. 68 minutes into the game, Stayko Kotzakov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Antoni Bozhinov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 71 played minutes Pewez got a freekick which was hit by Zanko Ustaliev. Antoni Bozhinov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stayko Kotzakov, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Pewez's Ganyo Dzhikov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delcho Matikanov in the 77th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, Kardshali's goal looked a bit too open when Doychin Bonkov came free, but Antoni Bozhinov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ganyo Dzhikov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Delcho Matikanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Pewez's Ganyo Dzhikov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delcho Matikanov in the 83rd minute of play. There was no doubt that Pewez were the better team. Pewez's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.