League Play-Off

Karapoltsi
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Radko Petzanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vancho Kararizov having to interfere. After 18 minutes of play, Armenkovtsu's Lyudmil Deribeev made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vancho Kararizov was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Miladin Birazov during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 21 played minutes Armenkovtsu got a freekick which was hit by Miladin Birazov. The Armenkovtsu fans' excitement grew in the 25th match minute when Armenkovtsu's Radko Petzanov looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 29thth minute of the game Lyudmil Deribeev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Karapoltsi's Vancho Kararizov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Karapoltsi's Vancho Kararizov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radko Petzanov in the 39th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Lyudmil Deribeev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vancho Kararizov was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. If Radko Petzanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lyudmil Deribeev in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vancho Kararizov saved Karapoltsi from getting behind. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rayko Mandikov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Doncho Chukarski put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Pancho Dalev. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Roman Manolev during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 64th match minute, Armenkovtsu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roman Manolev to maneuver through the defense. Vancho Kararizov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lyudmil Deribeev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vancho Kararizov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lyudmil Deribeev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Radko Petzanov succeeded in the game's 73rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-3. Vancho Kararizov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lyudmil Deribeev in the 77th minute of play. 78 minutes into the match, Karapoltsi's goalkeeper Vancho Kararizov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Radko Petzanov. After a rather tough play, Karapoltsi's Bayan Gramchev got a free kick in the 88th minute. Radko Petzanov scored 1-5 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vancho Kararizov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 96th minute Lyudmil Deribeev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vancho Kararizov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Karapoltsi fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Armenkovtsu were clearly better and deserved to take the win.