League Play-Off

Simeon Hadzhiangelov
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marin Platikanov made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes into the game, ЧЕРВЕНИ ЗАВИНАГИ's Alexander Znepolski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gancho Petrovski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Valkan Mirev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Buchino's supporters rose to their feet, but Valkan Mirev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bogdan Súbchev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 14th minute, Filip Baldachki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 18th minute, Zheko Balin 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. In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind ЧЕРВЕНИ ЗАВИНАГИ's goalkeeper Bogdan Súbchev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nencho Polomskis short, quick shot in the 21stth minute got Bogdan Súbchev to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Gancho Petrovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marin Platikanov in the 23rd minute of play. In the 28th minute the ball was on its way in behind Buchino's goalkeeper Gancho Petrovski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Buchino getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Yulian Strahilov hit a great ball. Gancho Petrovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexander Znepolski in the 30th minute of play. Gancho Petrovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marin Platikanov in the 32nd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Alexey Palagachev managed to get in a good position for a shot. ЧЕРВЕНИ ЗАВИНАГИ's supporters rose to their feet, but Alexey Palagachev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gancho Petrovski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in Buchino's zone, Marin Platikanov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gancho Petrovski came out of the goal and Marin Platikanov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nencho Polomski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Bogdan Súbchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bogdan Súbchev made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Nencho Polomski sent off a good shot on target. Buchino's Nencho Polomski was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 46th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zheko Balin was the one to do the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Marin Platikanov managed to get in a good position for a shot. ЧЕРВЕНИ ЗАВИНАГИ's supporters rose to their feet, but Marin Platikanov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gancho Petrovski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 56th minute, Nencho Polomski 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. Zheko Balin took the ball and in the 57 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bogdan Súbchev. Bogdan Súbchev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Gancho Petrovski came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by ЧЕРВЕНИ ЗАВИНАГИ's Alexander Znepolski. But to his dismay, Alexander Znepolski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Alexander Znepolski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gancho Petrovski having to interfere. In the 68th minute Nencho Polomski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Súbchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st match minute, Buchino was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bratan Gusev to maneuver through the defense. Emil Teodosiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gancho Petrovski having to interfere. If Zheko Balin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Zheko Balin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sevdalin Shokov hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Buchino had won after a very even match.