League Play-Off

Lesichere St
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ivelin Kenov got the match started through his kick off. Iliyan Panev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ilko Randzhev in the 4th minute of play. If Ivelin Kenov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 9th minute, Ivelin Kenov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Iliyan Panev was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. 1-1 became the score in the 17th minute when Ian Olofsson elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as Ilko Randzhev kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Iliyan Panev. That made the score 2-1 in the 26 minute of play. Marian Sendov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 29 minutes, Ian Olofsson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sofia-CitY and the LEVSKI 1914 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 37th minute of the match Veliko Dambov sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tencho Gergovski skillfully saved the ball. After a defensive mix-up in LEVSKI 1914's zone, Veliko Dambov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tencho Gergovski came out of the goal and Veliko Dambov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Stancho Zerkov charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stancho Zerkov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Sofia-CitY getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Stancho Zerkov hit a great ball. Ivelin Kenov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.

Sofia-CitY made a substitution. Botyo Kirkov replaced Janusz Furtok. The wind increased when Antón Slávik made the kick off in the second half. Marian Sendov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Iliyan Panev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ilko Randzhev in the 56th minute of play. Veliko Dambov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 70 minutes into the game, Botyo Kirkov recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Tencho Gergovski. Botyo Kirkov showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind LEVSKI 1914's goalkeeper Tencho Gergovski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 80th minute of the match Dragomir Budinov sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Iliyan Panev skillfully saved the ball. A collision led to Sofia-CitY getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Ian Olofsson hit a great ball. In the 88thth minute of the game Ilko Randzhev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sofia-CitY's Iliyan Panev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 90th minute Ilko Randzhev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iliyan Panev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antón Slávik's late challenge caught a LEVSKI 1914's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antón Slávik helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Sofia-CitY's Antón Slávik got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Ivelin Kenov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. LEVSKI 1914 were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.