League Play-Off

Kipilowo Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) CSKA Kipilowo's Boycho Sladkarov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donyo Demirov in the 4th minute of play. Radoy Tudzharov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in CSKA Kipilowo's zone, Radoy Tudzharov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Boycho Sladkarov came out of the goal and Radoy Tudzharov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Radoy Tudzharov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boycho Sladkarov having to interfere. FC Totleben's Slavyan Chervenyakov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iskren Pisarski in the 12th minute of play. Donyo Demirov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to FC Totleben getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Argir Byalkov hit a great ball. Geno Seymenski's late challenge caught a FC Totleben's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Geno Seymenski helped the player get up and apologised. When Preslav Hadzhipetkov fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored CSKA Kipilowo's protests and gave Preslav Hadzhipetkov a yellow card for diving instead. Boycho Sladkarov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Radoy Tudzharov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 35th minute, Peycho Haydutov 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. Plamen Variyski hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Boycho Sladkarov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donyo Demirov in the 40th minute of the match. Slavyan Chervenyakov made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Peycho Haydutov sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 47 minutes, Donyo Demirov put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Boycho Sladkarov. The CSKA Kipilowo players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC Totleben were winning 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Iskren Pisarski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Radoy Tudzharovs short, quick shot in the 55thth minute got Boycho Sladkarov to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a rather tough play, FC Totleben's Genadi Kirov got a free kick in the 57th minute. Evrosi Gurgov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 58th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Slavyan Chervenyakov. FC Totleben's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Peycho Haydutov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Radoy Tudzharov succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-2 in the 69th playminute. In the 74th match minute, FC Totleben was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Argir Byalkov to maneuver through the defense. Slavyan Chervenyakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iskren Pisarski in the 75th minute of the match. Peycho Haydutov might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Slavyan Chervenyakov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Peycho Haydutov ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 79th minute, Peycho Haydutov made a precise shot to the right of Slavyan Chervenyakov. FC Totleben's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. In the 83rd minute Iskren Pisarski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Slavyan Chervenyakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 85th minute, Atanas Nenov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th minute of the match Martin Pulev shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Boycho Sladkarov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Iskren Pisarski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Slavyan Chervenyakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iskren Pisarski in the 88th minute of play forced FC Totleben's goalkeeper Slavyan Chervenyakov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The FC Totleben supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing FC Totleben would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.