League Play-Off

Sklave Stadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) CSKA Sklave's Yanek Borgov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Trifon Bankov in the 4th minute of play. Yanek Borgov came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Poprussewzi's Bogomil Neminski. But to his dismay, Bogomil Neminski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Bogomil Neminski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yanek Borgov having to interfere. Arso Bozhankov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simo Simonov in the 11th minute of play. Asparuh Milanov might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arso Bozhankov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Asparuh Milanov ran back to his position shaking his head. Trifon Bankov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Yanek Borgov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 23 minutes into the match, CSKA Sklave's goal looked a bit too open when Bogomil Neminski came free, but Yanek Borgov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Trifon Bankov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Yanek Borgov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 26th minute, Yane Sheykov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogomil Neminski in the 27th minute of play forced CSKA Sklave's goalkeeper Yanek Borgov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 28 minutes, Yanek Cherepov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Poprussewzi and the CSKA Sklave players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 28th minute, Yanek Cherepov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Bogomil Neminski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yanek Borgov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bogomil Neminski, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Ivelin Kalpachki hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. After having played for 38 minutes, Trifon Bankov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Poprussewzi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Trifon Bankov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bogomil Neminski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Yanek Borgov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bogomil Neminski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Simo Simonov was the one to do the kick off. Trifon Bankov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, CSKA Sklave's Yanek Borgov got control of the ball when Bogomil Neminski tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 57th minute, Bogomil Neminski 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. Ivelin Kalpachki hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. If Bogomil Neminski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bogomil Neminski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Yanek Borgov made a huge save. If Bogomil Neminski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Trifon Bankov struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Yanek Borgov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Poprussewzi. Yanek Borgov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trifon Bankov, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Bogomil Neminski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yanek Borgov having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Trifon Bankov in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yanek Borgov saved CSKA Sklave from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Trifon Bankov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yanek Borgov was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. With his leg Yanek Borgov managed to avoid a goal in the 88thth minute, when Poprussewzi's Bogomil Neminski fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 89th minute, one of Poprussewzi:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Poprussewzi. In the 91st minute there was a penalty for CSKA Sklave. Evgeni Shoykov stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Arso Bozhankov. 1-1. Trifon Bankov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yanek Borgov having to interfere. 97 minutes into the match, CSKA Sklave's goal looked a bit too open when Trifon Bankov came free, but Yanek Borgov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. CSKA Sklave succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Poprussewzi had controlled the match.