League Play-Off

Straldza
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Naum Aronov got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefan Bidzhov in the 8th minute of play forced Kozlodui's goalkeeper Kuzman Musev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kuzman Musev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Bidzhov in the 10th minute of the match. In the 15th minute of the match Weterio Doñez sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Chavdar Bushev skillfully saved the ball. If Nasko Tagarov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match clock showed 22 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Naum Aronov sped through CSKA Straldza's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Chavdar Bushev. After 25 played minutes, Kozlodui's Alexey Ruschev shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Chavdar Bushev 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 Kozlodui reached it. After a defensive mix-up in CSKA Straldza's zone, Nasko Tagarov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Chavdar Bushev came out of the goal and Nasko Tagarov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 34 minutes, Stefan Bidzhov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CSKA Straldza's supporters crossed their fingers, but Stefan Bidzhov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Chavdar Bushev came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by Kozlodui's 吕荣铮. But to his dismay, 吕荣铮 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nasko Tagarov in the 44th minute of play forced CSKA Straldza's goalkeeper Chavdar Bushev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. CSKA Straldza's Detelin Múlchanov got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Nasko Tagarov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Chavdar Bushev made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Nasko Tagarov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kozlodui's supporters rose to their feet, but Nasko Tagarov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Chavdar Bushev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Chavdar Bushev made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Lozan Lalovski sent off a good shot on target. CSKA Straldza's Chavdar Bushev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 吕荣铮 in the 75th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Kozlodui's Yanko Karov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Chavdar Bushev. That made the score 0-4 after 76 minutes of play. 80 minutes in the game, Nasko Tagarov fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Chavdar Bushev having to interfere. 82 minutes into the match, Kozlodui's goal looked a bit too open when Stefan Bidzhov came free, but Kuzman Musev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ivelin Chichev hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Naum Aronov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chavdar Bushev having to interfere. Kuzman Musev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Bidzhov in the 89th minute of the match. Kozlodui's Kuzman Musev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stefan Bidzhov in the 91st minute of play. In the 95th minute, Ivelin Chichev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kuzman Musev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Detelin Múlchanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kozlodui's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.