League

Ruse Arena
Spectators: 8117 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1957, VIP seats: 160) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dimitar Berbatov made the kick off which started today's match. Alek Strelkov made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Dimitar Berbatov sent off a good shot on target. In the 4th minute, Dimitar Berbatov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Velimir Pendev hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in CSKA - Fiesto's zone, Dochko Razpopov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alek Strelkov came out of the goal and Dochko Razpopov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 14th minute Eligio Rojas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alek Strelkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Crusaders of Dark's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dochko Razpopov in the 18th minute. Krasen Kamberov tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Alek Strelkov. An unnecessary self made goal, 2-0 in the 19th minute. The audience was convinced that Dimitar Berbatov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alek Strelkov was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. In the 32nd minute, Eligio Rojas fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Alek Strelkov, passed just outside the right post. With an all-out effort, Crusaders of Dark's Alek Strelkov threw himself towards the right post 32 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Eligio Rojas, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 38 minutes into the match, Crusaders of Dark's Dimitar Berbatov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alek Strelkov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Crusaders of Dark's Dimitar Berbatov got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 43rd minute, Eivind Lundemo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Penko Doshkov to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by Crusaders of Dark's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Milen Lúskov was slow to take the kick. During this time CSKA - Fiesto's players had a chance to rest. After having played for 56 minutes, Denko Karemov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CSKA - Fiesto's supporters crossed their fingers, but Denko Karemov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 60 minutes into the match, Crusaders of Dark's Dimitar Berbatov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alek Strelkov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Dimitar Berbatov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alek Strelkov was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. After some careless play in the CSKA - Fiesto defense, Dimitar Berbatov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alek Strelkov. The CSKA - Fiesto fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alek Strelkov should have stopped the shot. CSKA - Fiesto's Alek Strelkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 73rd minute of play. After 77 played minutes CSKA - Fiesto got a freekick which was hit by Velimir Pendev. Alek Strelkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dochko Razpopov, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Dimitar Berbatov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alek Strelkov having to make a save. Alek Strelkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitar Berbatov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alek Strelkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitar Berbatov in the 90th minute of the match. Alek Strelkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitar Berbatov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. CSKA - Fiesto's Alek Strelkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 94th minute of play. CSKA - Fiesto's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.