League Play-Off

Otmanlii
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zhelyo Manasiev took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute Trayan Stoev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Avgust Lapev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When ЛЯСКОВО's Elin Kalkandzhiev in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Stawerzi's goalie prevented a goal. Avgust Lapev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Trayan Stoev in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th minute Mircho Karandzhulov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Avgust Lapev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Elin Kalkandzhiev in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Niki Topchev saved Stawerzi from getting behind. Niki Topchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elin Kalkandzhiev in the 17th minute of the match. In the 18th minute, one of Stawerzi: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 Stawerzi. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trayan Stoev in the 23rd minute of play forced ЛЯСКОВО's goalkeeper Avgust Lapev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Stawerzi booed when ЛЯСКОВО was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mirolyub Tzonevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Severin Shipchanov made in the 30th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Yanko Pehlivanov. Mircho Karandzhulov's late challenge caught a ЛЯСКОВО's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mircho Karandzhulov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 37th match minute, Stawerzi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mircho Karandzhulov to maneuver through the defense. Zhelyo Manasiev in the 39thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Niki Topchev, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 40th minute Lachezar Karaburov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niki Topchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 45th minute Krum Dzhodzhov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Avgust Lapev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 46 minutes of play Stawerzi's Mircho Karandzhulov was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Stawerzi's Mircho Karandzhulov got a free kick in the 47th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Parvan Emanuilov made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elin Kalkandzhiev in the 51st minute of play forced Stawerzi's goalkeeper Niki Topchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute Zhelyo Manasiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niki Topchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 56 minutes into the match, Stawerzi's goal looked a bit too open when Elin Kalkandzhiev came free, but Niki Topchev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elin Kalkandzhiev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Niki Topchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Niki Topchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lachezar Karaburov, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zhelyo Manasiev in the 61st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Niki Topchev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Zhelyo Manasiev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Niki Topchev was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Elenko Belyakov charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elenko Belyakov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 67th minute, Trayan Stoev reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Avgust Lapev. The goal made the score 2-1. When ЛЯСКОВО's Elin Kalkandzhiev in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Stawerzi's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhelyo Manasiev in the 76th minute of play forced Stawerzi's goalkeeper Niki Topchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ЛЯСКОВО's Zhelyo Manasiev got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Elin Kalkandzhiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Niki Topchev having to interfere. Zhelyo Manasiev took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Niki Topchev. Niki Topchev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. ЛЯСКОВО were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Stawerzi for a fine match.