League Play-Off

Zhelyazko Branev
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Venko Zorovski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nacho Fachikov in the 7th minute of play forced VN Stremowo's goalkeeper Ivan Goranov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ivan Goranov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Venko Zorovski went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Serafim Serev charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Serafim Serev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, VN Stremowo's Serafim Serev got a free kick in the 12th minute. Nacho Fachikov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 16th match minute, VN Stremowo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Georgi Asparuhov to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Prawdoljub's Konstantin Alipiev got control of the ball when Denislav Kanin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Krasimir Balakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Alipiev having to interfere. Prawdoljub's Konstantin Alipiev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Krasimir Balakov in the 26th minute of play. Nacho Fachikov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Ivan Goranov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Prawdoljub's Konstantin Alipiev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Prawdoljub from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in VN Stremowo's zone, Nacho Fachikov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ivan Goranov came out of the goal and Nacho Fachikov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, Prawdoljub's Konstantin Alipiev got control of the ball when Denislav Kanin tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nacho Fachikov in the 44th minute of play forced VN Stremowo's goalkeeper Ivan Goranov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ivan Goranov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nacho Fachikov in the 45th minute of play. A collision led to Prawdoljub getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Stoil Maykov hit a great ball. After 48 played minutes, VN Stremowo's Stefan Godinov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Konstantin Alipiev 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 VN Stremowo reached it.

The wind increased when Krasimir Balakov made the kick off in the second half. Konstantin Alipiev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denislav Kanin in the 53rd minute of play. Botyo Tzintzov kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. In the 57th minute, Denislav Kanin 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. Ivan Goranov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nacho Fachikov in the 64th minute. Nacho Fachikov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Goranov having to interfere. After some careless play in the VN Stremowo defense, Nacho Fachikov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ivan Goranov. The VN Stremowo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ivan Goranov should have stopped the shot. Konstantin Alipiev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Krasimir Balakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Krasimir Balakov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Konstantin Alipiev was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. The Prawdoljub players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.