League Play-Off

Berkovitsa Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Nikolay Kaldarúmov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After having played for 2 minutes, Martin Stiptzarov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CSKA Berkovitsa's supporters crossed their fingers, but Martin Stiptzarov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 5th match minute, CSKA Berkovitsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bozhko Topchiev to maneuver through the defense. In the 7th minute Mincho Súrchadzhiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atanas Danev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10th minute Nikolay Kaldarúmov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bayan Kandov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in FC Kirkova's zone, Mincho Súrchadzhiev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Atanas Danev came out of the goal and Mincho Súrchadzhiev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ruslan Malev, 23 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 24 minutes into the match, FC Kirkova's Nikolay Kaldarúmov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bayan Kandov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Nikolay Kaldarúmov took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bayan Kandov. Bayan Kandov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 40 minutes into the match, Nikolay Kaldarúmov notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of CSKA Berkovitsa's Bayan Kandov. Bayan Kandov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 45 minutes of play, FC Kirkova's Simo Vúzharski made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bayan Kandov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mincho Súrchadzhiev to make the kick off. A collision led to FC Kirkova getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Lazar Smochevski hit a great ball. Atanas Danev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tzvetan Tanev in the 57th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mincho Súrchadzhiev in the 58th minute of play forced FC Kirkova's goalkeeper Atanas Danev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bayan Kandov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolay Kaldarúmov in the 59th minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, CSKA Berkovitsa's goal looked a bit too open when Nikolay Kaldarúmov came free, but Bayan Kandov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, FC Kirkova's Prodan Romanski got a free kick in the 64th minute. In the 67th minute, FC Kirkova's Nikolay Kaldarúmov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. A collision led to FC Kirkova getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Radoslav Musev hit a great ball. When Bozhko Topchiev came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the CSKA Berkovitsa 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 Bozhko Topchiev couldn't finish the play. If Simo Vúzharski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Atanas Danev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Stiptzarov in the 80th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Mincho Súrchadzhiev managed to get in a good position for a shot. CSKA Berkovitsa's supporters rose to their feet, but Mincho Súrchadzhiev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Atanas Danev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 84 minutes into the game, Simo Vúzharski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Bayan Kandov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Simo Vúzharski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 87th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Atanas Danev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mincho Súrchadzhiev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The FC Kirkova 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.