League Play-Off

Voditsite
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) FC Gaber's Stamen Cholashki started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stamen Cholashki in the 5th minute of play forced CSKA Voditsite's goalkeeper Branimir Bachorski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Branimir Bachorski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stamen Cholashki in the 7th minute of play. Valkan Venchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alek Zorovski in the 8th minute of play. The supporters of CSKA Voditsite booed when FC Gaber was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Apostol Tilev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Branimir Bachorski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stamen Cholashki in the 12th minute of the match. Volodya Mazgalov hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. When Stamen Cholashki came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the FC Gaber 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 Stamen Cholashki couldn't finish the play. After 19 played minutes CSKA Voditsite got a freekick which was hit by Gergin Temkov. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Yoncho Venedikov put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Branimir Bachorski. Alek Zorovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Valkan Venchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 28 minutes into the match, CSKA Voditsite's goal looked a bit too open when Stamen Cholashki came free, but Branimir Bachorski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alek Zorovski in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Valkan Venchev saved FC Gaber from getting behind. After having played for 37 minutes, Yoncho Venedikov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Gaber's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yoncho Venedikov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Stamen Cholashki scored 0-2 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Branimir Bachorski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alek Zorovski to make the kick off. When FC Gaber's Stamen Cholashki in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye CSKA Voditsite's goalie prevented a goal. After a defensive mix-up in CSKA Voditsite's zone, Stamen Cholashki stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Branimir Bachorski came out of the goal and Stamen Cholashki tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 58 minutes into the match, Alek Zorovski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Valkan Venchev. FC Gaber's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alek Zorovski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Alek Zorovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 67thth minute of the game Antonio Serdarov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Gaber's Valkan Venchev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Volodya Mazgalov's late challenge caught a FC Gaber's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Volodya Mazgalov helped the player get up and apologised. Volodya Mazgalov hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. When Antonio Serdarov came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the CSKA Voditsite 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 Antonio Serdarov couldn't finish the play. When Nikifor Nakev fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Gaber's protests and gave Nikifor Nakev a yellow card for diving instead. After 78 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for FC Gaber! The referee gave CSKA Voditsite a penalty, 80 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Stamen Shtúrbanov, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of FC Gaber's Valkan Venchev. 2-2. Svilen Nurkov hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Branimir Bachorski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stamen Cholashki in the 86th minute of play. Branimir Bachorski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stamen Cholashki, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Valkan Venchev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Antonio Serdarov went, in the 98th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. CSKA Voditsite's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.