League Play-Off

Slaschten Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Yancho Palaskov made the kick off and thus started the match. Samuil Charúkchiev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yancho Palaskov, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. After 10 played minutes FC Levski Sofia got a freekick which was hit by Levent Presolski. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Vancho Radinov took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Samuil Charúkchiev to make any attempt to save it. Raycho Zografov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kuzman Grigoriev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 19th minute Dencho Aladzhov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raycho Zografov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Velichko Izmirliev fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Levski Sofia's protests and gave Velichko Izmirliev a yellow card for diving instead. In the 24th match minute, FC Levski Sofia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Velichko Izmirliev to maneuver through the defense. FC Levski Sofia's Samuil Charúkchiev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yancho Palaskov in the 32nd minute of play. In the 38th minute Vancho Radinov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Samuil Charúkchiev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Vancho Radinov fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Slaschten's protests and gave Vancho Radinov a yellow card for diving instead. If Dencho Durin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 45 minutes, Dencho Aladzhov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Levski Sofia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dencho Aladzhov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

The wind increased when Kuzman Grigoriev made the kick off in the second half. Acho Dulev's late challenge caught a Slaschten's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Acho Dulev helped the player get up and apologised. Acho Dulev hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Yancho Palaskov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Samuil Charúkchiev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind Slaschten's goalkeeper Raycho Zografov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Yancho Palaskov in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Samuil Charúkchiev saved FC Levski Sofia from getting behind. Samuil Charúkchiev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yancho Palaskov in the 60th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yancho Palaskov in the 61st minute of play forced FC Levski Sofia's goalkeeper Samuil Charúkchiev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of FC Levski Sofia booed when Slaschten was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vancho Radinov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 71st minute, Sava Diamandiev 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 73rd minute, Sava Diamandiev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Samuil Charúkchiev was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. 77 minutes into the game, Slaschten's Yancho Palaskov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Samuil Charúkchiev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. When Kuzman Grigoriev came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the FC Levski Sofia 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 Kuzman Grigoriev couldn't finish the play. Sava Diamandiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Samuil Charúkchiev having to interfere. In the 85th minute, Yancho Palaskov 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. Samuil Charúkchiev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vancho Radinov in the 88th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yancho Palaskov in the 89th minute of play forced FC Levski Sofia's goalkeeper Samuil Charúkchiev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd match minute, FC Levski Sofia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stoycho Lesidrenski to maneuver through the defense. In the 94th minute, Yancho Palaskov 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. When the referee ended the match the Slaschten players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.