League Play-Off

Turun
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zhelyo Kiselov took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute, Grigor Zavkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 8th match minute, Turun was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yoto Dobrilov to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Turun getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Georgi Voynovski hit a great ball. After having played for 14 minutes, Zhelyo Kiselov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Turun's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zhelyo Kiselov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Momchil Izov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Momchil Shaprin in the 18th minute of the match. Lazar Matliev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zhelyo Kiselov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 27 minutes into the match, Turun's goal looked a bit too open when Momchil Shaprin came free, but Momchil Izov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zhelyo Kiselov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Lazar Matliev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Miladin Pinalski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yoto Dobrilov's late challenge caught a FC Kostichovtsi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yoto Dobrilov helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of FC Kostichovtsi booed when Turun was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yoto Dobrilov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Momchil Izov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Momchil Shaprin in the 45th minute of play. In the 48th minute, Kostadin Taslakov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lazar Matliev was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Momchil Shaprin to make the kick off. In the 64th minute, Alexi Santov 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 a defensive mix-up in FC Kostichovtsi's zone, Zhelyo Kiselov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lazar Matliev came out of the goal and Zhelyo Kiselov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lazar Matliev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexi Santov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Miladin Pinalski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Momchil Izov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. Zhelyo Kiselov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Zhelyo Kiselov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lazar Matliev was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Lazar Matliev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexi Santov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Turun's zone, Momchil Shaprin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Momchil Izov came out of the goal and Momchil Shaprin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 94th minute Momchil Shaprin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Momchil Izov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miladin Pinalski succeeded in the game's 96th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.