League Play-Off

Стадион Канев
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Martin Serbezov got the match started through his kick off. Fotyo Geranov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Temelko Krushovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Martin Serbezov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Donyo Bakov shot from long distance in the 14th minute, but Petko Dachev was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. The supporters of FC Satovdza booed when EW® Haskovo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stanko Kusev didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 18th minute of the match, Stoil Gradev tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Petko Dachev saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. If Temelko Krushovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of FC Satovdza booed when EW® Haskovo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stanko Kusev didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee gave FC Satovdza a penalty, 26 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Strahil Kukev, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of EW® Haskovo's Fotyo Geranov. 0-1. Martin Serbezov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fotyo Geranov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. Martin Serbezov succeeded in the game's 36th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. After a rather tough play, FC Satovdza's Tencho Enkov got a free kick in the 39th minute. Branimir Parapunov's late challenge caught a FC Satovdza's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Branimir Parapunov helped the player get up and apologised. Branimir Parapunov hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Martin Serbezov spun around in front of the goal 43 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of EW® Haskovo's goal. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stoil Gradev to make the kick off. Yoncho Pishlyakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Petko Dachev having to interfere. Petko Dachev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stoil Gradev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Temelko Krushovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fotyo Geranov having to interfere. Martin Serbezov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yoncho Pishlyakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Petko Dachev having to interfere. Petko Dachev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yoncho Pishlyakov, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Temelko Krushovski got free with Fotyo Geranov in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stoil Gradev's late challenge caught a FC Satovdza's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stoil Gradev helped the player get up and apologised. After 76 played minutes EW® Haskovo got a freekick which was hit by Stoil Gradev. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Satovdza's Martin Serbezov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fotyo Geranov. That made the score 0-3 after 84 minutes of play. Stoil Gradev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. FC Satovdza walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.