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Spectators: 9271 (Terracing: 6955, Seating: 2132, VIP seats: 184) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marin Nikolkov took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Maritza getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Korneliusz Flis hit a great ball. When Sven-Erik Wallander fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Zhelezna's protests and gave Sven-Erik Wallander a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Maritza booed when FC Zhelezna was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sven-Erik Wallander didn't get a good kick on the ball. Maritza were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after FC Zhelezna's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pavlin Dzhegalski took the corner. The corner led Maritza's Pavlin Dzhegalski to fire away a dangerous shot which Milyo Gelovski despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Milyo Gelovski made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Zeng Jing Yue sent off a good shot on target. 13 minutes into the game, Gilberto Garaile cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Danail Mitzakov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 17th play minute Nencho Markovski came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Milyo Gelovski. 1-1. FC Zhelezna's Milyo Gelovski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save FC Zhelezna from getting a goal against them. Nencho Markovski's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Milyo Gelovski firmly grabbed it by the left post. 38 minutes in the game Feliks Chwalkiewicz did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Pavlin Dzhegalski. Sven-Erik Wallander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 43 played minutes FC Zhelezna got a freekick which was hit by 梅坤松. After having played for 46 minutes, Gilberto Garaile managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Zhelezna's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gilberto Garaile was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Milyo Gelovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zeng Jing Yue in the 48th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gilberto Garaile to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Gilberto Garaile took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Danail Mitzakov to make any attempt to save it. In the 59th minute Nencho Markovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Milyo Gelovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sven-Erik Wallander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Korneliusz Flis hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Sven-Erik Wallander kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Maritza made a substitution. Miladin Bikarski replaced Pavlin Dzhegalski. In the 74th minute, Gilberto Garaile reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Danail Mitzakov. The goal made the score 1-3. Danail Mitzakov made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Gilberto Garaile sent off a good shot on target. 85 minutes into the match, FC Zhelezna's goal looked a bit too open when Nencho Markovski came free, but Milyo Gelovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, FC Zhelezna's Radko Tetikov got a free kick in the 86th minute. FC Zhelezna's Milyo Gelovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marin Nikolkov in the 93rd minute of play.