League Play-Off

Pelishat Stadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Pelishat's Galabin Kozlovski started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 5th minute of the match Pavel Toplodolski shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dobrin Patzirev showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A collision led to Pelishat getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Evrosi Botusharov hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Pelishat's zone, Pavel Toplodolski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dobrin Patzirev came out of the goal and Pavel Toplodolski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mario Palev during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Mario Palev hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. After 13 played minutes, SunShine's Sevdalin Doshev shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Dobrin Patzirev 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 SunShine reached it. When the match clock showed 22 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Veliko Mintzev sped through Pelishat's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dobrin Patzirev. Dobrin Patzirev came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by SunShine's Rangel Shkodrov. But to his dismay, Rangel Shkodrov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Dobrin Patzirev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Veliko Mintzev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

Pelishat's Dobrin Patzirev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Pelishat from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Veliko Mintzev got free with Dobrin Patzirev in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dobrin Patzirev made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Veliko Mintzev sent off a good shot on target. Evstati Muchanov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Trayko Rinkov went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. 73 minutes into the match, Veliko Mintzev dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dobrin Patzirev, 2-5. If Veliko Mintzev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pelishat's Dobrin Patzirev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Pelishat from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Pelishat's zone, Veliko Mintzev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dobrin Patzirev came out of the goal and Veliko Mintzev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Veliko Mintzev in the 84th minute of play forced Pelishat's goalkeeper Dobrin Patzirev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mario Palev was shown his second yellow card after 87 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 87 played minutes Pelishat got a freekick which was hit by Mario Palev. Dobrin Patzirev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Veliko Mintzev went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-6 was the resulting score. Veliko Mintzev's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 96thth minute, Dobrin Patzirev skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. SunShine's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.