League Play-Off

Kapinowo
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yani Voyvodov started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, CSKA Kapinowo's Doychin Punchev got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the game's 4th minute Blenika's Mito Gulabchev took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Matey Portalski and thus the score was 0-1. In the 6th minute, Bilyan Stranski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Slavyan Hrusanov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stanoy Kaldarúmov was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Tzeko Malkovski hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Blenika's zone, Mincho Salabashev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stanoy Kaldarúmov came out of the goal and Mincho Salabashev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 14 played minutes Blenika got a freekick which was hit by Bilyan Stranski. In the 15th minute, Mincho Salabashev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stanoy Kaldarúmov was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Mincho Salabashev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stanoy Kaldarúmov having to interfere. Atanas Draychev kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Mincho Salabashev's late challenge caught a Blenika's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mincho Salabashev helped the player get up and apologised. Mincho Salabashev hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the CSKA Kapinowo defense, Trifon Leshkov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Matey Portalski. The CSKA Kapinowo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Matey Portalski should have stopped the shot. When Slavyan Hrusanov came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the CSKA Kapinowo 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 Slavyan Hrusanov couldn't finish the play. Mincho Salabashev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 31st minute of the match, Slavyan Hrusanov tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Stanoy Kaldarúmov saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Mincho Salabashev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 36th minute, Slavyan Hrusanov fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Stanoy Kaldarúmov, passed just outside the right post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mincho Salabashev got free with Stanoy Kaldarúmov in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Slavyan Hrusanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With 43 minutes on the clock, Atanas Draychev commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 42nd minute of the game. One of CSKA Kapinowo:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Blenika:s goal. In the 45th minute there was a penalty for Blenika. Mito Gulabchev stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Matey Portalski. 1-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Yani Voyvodov took a quick shot and it went in 1-4 without a chance for Matey Portalski to make any attempt to save it. In the 57th minute, Elenko Nitzov 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. After 71 played minutes CSKA Kapinowo got a freekick which was hit by Doychin Punchev. Blenika's Stanoy Kaldarúmov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Doychin Punchev in the 74th minute of play. Mincho Salabashev struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Stanoy Kaldarúmov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for CSKA Kapinowo. In the 77th minute Doychin Punchev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stanoy Kaldarúmov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stanoy Kaldarúmov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mincho Salabashev in the 83rd minute of play. Mincho Salabashev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stanoy Kaldarúmov having to interfere.