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The wings of success
Spectators: 9233 (Terracing: 6926, Seating: 2124, VIP seats: 183) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Stuart Byman kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, SPARROWS's goal looked a bit too open when Hakkı Kenan Pınar came free, but Vitko Hadzhiiliev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vitko Hadzhiiliev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doychin Konsulov in the 5th minute of play. After 6 minutes, Lionel Haaland mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SPARROWS and the VN Keleler players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 7 played minutes SPARROWS got a freekick which was hit by Lionel Haaland. 10 minutes into the match, Hakkı Kenan Pınar notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of SPARROWS's Vitko Hadzhiiliev. Vitko Hadzhiiliev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vitko Hadzhiiliev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hakkı Kenan Pınar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 20 minutes into the match, SPARROWS's goal looked a bit too open when Hakkı Kenan Pınar came free, but Vitko Hadzhiiliev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 24 minutes VN Keleler's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was André Saraiva who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that André Saraiva got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Velimir Popchev quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stuart Byman in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vitko Hadzhiiliev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 29 minutes into the match, Stuart Byman notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of SPARROWS's Vitko Hadzhiiliev. Vitko Hadzhiiliev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 32 minutes into the match, VN Keleler's goal looked a bit too open when Lionel Haaland came free, but Velimir Popchev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 33rd minute Hakkı Kenan Pınar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitko Hadzhiiliev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vitko Hadzhiiliev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hakkı Kenan Pınar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Doychin Konsulov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vitko Hadzhiiliev was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lionel Haaland in the 39th minute of play forced VN Keleler's goalkeeper Velimir Popchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, SPARROWS's André Saraiva got a free kick in the 39th minute. If Stuart Byman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vitko Hadzhiiliev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hakkı Kenan Pınar in the 47th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Conny Gudmundsson was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Aan 周瑜's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Velimir Popchev was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Aan 周瑜 put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Velimir Popchev. Lionel Haaland spun around in front of the goal 54 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of VN Keleler's goal. 59 minutes into the match, VN Keleler's goal looked a bit too open when Lionel Haaland came free, but Velimir Popchev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 61st minute Conny Gudmundsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Velimir Popchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hakkı Kenan Pınar in the 62nd minute of play forced SPARROWS's goalkeeper Vitko Hadzhiiliev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute Lionel Haaland shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Velimir Popchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute Conny Gudmundsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Velimir Popchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. VN Keleler's Velimir Popchev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Conny Gudmundsson in the 67th minute of play. 71 minutes into the match, SPARROWS's goal looked a bit too open when Andreas Lund came free, but Vitko Hadzhiiliev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 72 minutes into the match, SPARROWS's goalkeeper Vitko Hadzhiiliev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hakkı Kenan Pınar. In the 75th minute SPARROWS were awarded a corner. André Saraiva went to the cornerflag to take it. André Saraiva made a great header on SPARROWS's corner, it was just that VN Keleler's Velimir Popchev managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 78th minute Chen Yi Ran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Velimir Popchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Velimir Popchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Conny Gudmundsson in the 81st minute of play. 82 minutes into the match, Hakkı Kenan Pınar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vitko Hadzhiiliev. SPARROWS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hakkı Kenan Pınar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. In the 86th minute of the match, Seyit Bozbey got a very nice opportunity to score, but Vitko Hadzhiiliev was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post.