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Kirkova
Spectators: 8486 (Terracing: 6366, Seating: 1951, VIP seats: 169) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dimitar Berbatov started the match with the kick off. Dimitar Berbatov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Crusaders of Dark's Dimitar Berbatov got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as FC blue lions's Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Totyo Popisakov. That made the score 1-0 after 8 minutes of play. Dimitar Berbatov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos got free with Totyo Popisakov in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as FC blue lions's Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Totyo Popisakov. That made the score 2-0 after 19 minutes of play. In the 28th minute Dimitar Berbatov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benne Benneborg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC blue lions's Benne Benneborg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 29th minute of play. Benne Benneborg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitar Berbatov in the 32nd minute of the match. FC blue lions's Benne Benneborg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 33rd minute of play. In the 34th match minute, FC blue lions was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Åsen to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Dochko Razpopov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Crusaders of Dark's supporters rose to their feet, but Dochko Razpopov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benne Benneborg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 39th minute, Einar Hjortberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Crusaders of Dark's Totyo Popisakov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Crusaders of Dark from getting a goal against them. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos to strike the kick off in the second half. Vallo Lööper kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Totyo Popisakov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. When Crusaders of Dark's Dimitar Berbatov in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC blue lions's goalie prevented a goal. Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Totyo Popisakov having to interfere. Totyo Popisakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos in the 60th minute of the match. In the 62nd minute FC blue lions were awarded a corner. Vasko Stanilov went to the cornerflag to take it. 69 minutes into the match, Crusaders of Dark's Dimitar Berbatov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Benne Benneborg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 71 minutes FC blue lions's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dochko Razpopov who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Crusaders of Dark's corner Dochko Razpopov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Benne Benneborg quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos in the 78th minute of play forced Crusaders of Dark's goalkeeper Totyo Popisakov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Totyo Popisakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paraskevas Papadimitropoulos in the 89th minute of the match. In the 92nd match minute, Crusaders of Dark was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ding 赵云 to maneuver through the defense. Crusaders of Dark's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.