League Play-Off

Debelarium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Kushin's Bobi Noykov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After having played for 5 minutes, Krum Ninov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Debelia Balet's supporters crossed their fingers, but Krum Ninov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Yavor Karagogov came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Debelia Balet 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 Yavor Karagogov couldn't finish the play. Plamen Kiselinchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yavor Karagogov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bobi Noykov in the 14th minute of play forced Debelia Balet's goalkeeper Konstantin Drinchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute Antoan Hodzhov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konstantin Drinchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yavor Karagogov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Plamen Kiselinchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 25th minute of the match Debelia Balet got a corner. Kushin's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Krum Ninov ran over to the corner to take the kick. Debelia Balet's Krum Ninov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Plamen Kiselinchev in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Tzvetelin Dzhunov's late challenge caught a Debelia Balet's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tzvetelin Dzhunov helped the player get up and apologised. 25 minutes into the game, one of Kushin:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mircho Gotov got free with Plamen Kiselinchev in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Debelia Balet's Konstantin Drinchev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antoan Hodzhov in the 36th minute of play. Plamen Kiselinchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Krum Ninov in the 37th minute of the match. A collision led to Kushin getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Alexander Tomev hit a great ball. Mircho Gotov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Krum Ninov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Plamen Kiselinchev having to interfere. Mircho Gotov 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Krum Ninov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Bobi Noykov notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Debelia Balet's Konstantin Drinchev. Konstantin Drinchev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 58 minutes into the match, Debelia Balet's goalkeeper Konstantin Drinchev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Antoan Hodzhov. In the 60th minute, Kushin's Antoan Hodzhov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. If Krum Ninov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Spas Marenski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Konstantin Drinchev came out and tried to block the shot, but Spas Marenski slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 71st minute. When Bobi Noykov fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kushin's protests and gave Bobi Noykov a yellow card for diving instead. In the 76th match minute, Kushin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bobi Noykov to maneuver through the defense. Kushin's Plamen Kiselinchev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Krum Ninov in the 82nd minute of play. Krum Ninov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 94th minute, Alexander Tomev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Although Debelia Balet had been in control for most of the match, Kushin still came away with the win.