League Play-Off

Akhtebol Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Malin Bambov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, FC Akhtebol's goal looked a bit too open when Vidyo Mirazchiyski came free, but Gencho Cholchev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 5 played minutes, Uskudar's Valcho Boyanov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gencho Cholchev came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Uskudar reached it. Kiril Mlekanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafail Raynov, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Gencho Cholchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vidyo Mirazchiyski in the 9th minute of the match. With his leg Kiril Mlekanov managed to avoid a goal in the 13thth minute, when FC Akhtebol's Zlatko Radoychev fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Malin Bambov in the 17th minute of play forced FC Akhtebol's goalkeeper Gencho Cholchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Ginyo Matkov fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Akhtebol's protests and gave Ginyo Matkov a yellow card for diving instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 18th minute of the game. One of FC Akhtebol:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Uskudar:s goal. The referee gave Uskudar a penalty, 20 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Orlin Ralinov, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of FC Akhtebol's Gencho Cholchev. 0-1. FC Akhtebol's Gencho Cholchev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gospodin Karamanov in the 32nd minute of play. Vidyo Mirazchiyski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to FC Akhtebol getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Yoakim Tochkov hit a great ball. Vidyo Mirazchiyski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Gencho Cholchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Malin Bambov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gencho Cholchev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. Uskudar's Vidyo Mirazchiyski got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Vidyo Mirazchiyski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Uskudar's supporters rose to their feet, but Vidyo Mirazchiyski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gencho Cholchev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Uskudar's Kiril Mlekanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zlatko Radoychev in the 61st minute of play. Rafail Raynov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kiril Mlekanov having to interfere. FC Akhtebol's Gencho Cholchev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save FC Akhtebol from getting a goal against them. Vidyo Mirazchiyski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gencho Cholchev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. After 71 played minutes Uskudar got a freekick which was hit by Boris Chokanov. Rafail Raynov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kiril Mlekanov having to interfere. In the 77thth minute of the game Malin Bambov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Akhtebol's Gencho Cholchev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Uskudar booed when FC Akhtebol was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sergey Tutev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gencho Cholchev was a little too slow when Vidyo Mirazchiyski got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 79th minute. The score was now 0-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rafail Raynov in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kiril Mlekanov saved Uskudar from getting behind. After 90 minutes, Rafail Raynov made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. Uskudar's Kiril Mlekanov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The FC Akhtebol supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Uskudar's performance. The match ended with a win for Uskudar.