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Blue Arena
Spectators: 8476 (Terracing: 6368, Seating: 1953, VIP seats: 155) In the 3rd minute Eero Grönholm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Slavyan Gusev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Slavyan Gusev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Slavey Kozovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Slavyan Gusev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trendafil Tashevski in the 7th minute of the match. Slavyan Gusev came out of the goal in the 12th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Grivata's Slavey Kozovski. But to his dismay, Slavey Kozovski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arhangel Vergov in the 16th minute of play forced Blue Power's goalkeeper Slavyan Gusev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Slavyan Gusev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slavey Kozovski in the 19th minute of the match. 22 minutes into the match, Blue Power's goal looked a bit too open when Trendafil Tashevski came free, but Slavyan Gusev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the FC Grivata defense, Alfredo Di Stéfano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thomas Sørensen. The FC Grivata fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thomas Sørensen should have stopped the shot. Slavyan Gusev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eero Grönholm in the 26th minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, Blue Power's goal looked a bit too open when Eero Grönholm came free, but Slavyan Gusev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute Eero Grönholm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Slavyan Gusev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The FC Grivata fans' excitement grew in the 31st match minute when FC Grivata's Eero Grönholm looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Slavyan Gusev didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FC Grivata's Eero Grönholm shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-3 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 37th minute Eero Grönholm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Slavyan Gusev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th minute Eero Grönholm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Slavyan Gusev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Slavyan Gusev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trendafil Tashevski in the 41st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trendafil Tashevski in the 43rd minute of play forced Blue Power's goalkeeper Slavyan Gusev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute of the match Vlado Deshkov sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Thomas Sørensen skillfully saved the ball. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Slavyan Gusev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eero Grönholm in the 51st minute. Blue Power's Slavyan Gusev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Blue Power from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Slavey Kozovski in the 53rd minute of play forced Blue Power's goalkeeper Slavyan Gusev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trendafil Tashevski in the 59th minute of play forced Blue Power's goalkeeper Slavyan Gusev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Grivata's Thomas Sørensen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iliyan Bolashikov in the 60th minute of play. Vanko Kavlakov's late challenge caught a FC Grivata's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vanko Kavlakov helped the player get up and apologised. Vanko Kavlakov hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Blue Power's Slavyan Gusev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Blue Power from getting a goal against them. 65 minutes into the match, FC Grivata's goal looked a bit too open when Iliyan Bolashikov came free, but Thomas Sørensen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of FC Grivata booed when Blue Power was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Benislav Dzhurkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eero Grönholm got free with Slavyan Gusev in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eero Grönholm could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Slavyan Gusev made a huge save. Slavyan Gusev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trendafil Tashevski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 75th minute, Slavey Kozovski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Milcho Belemezov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 76th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Thomas Sørensen. FC Grivata's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, Blue Power's goal looked a bit too open when Trendafil Tashevski came free, but Slavyan Gusev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Encho Spiridonov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomas Sørensen having to interfere. FC Grivata's Lyuben Dimiev was substituted for Trendafil Tashevski. Vlado Deshkov hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Slavyan Gusev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Slavey Kozovski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 86 minutes into the match, Blue Power's goal looked a bit too open when Kristian Brolin came free, but Slavyan Gusev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eero Grönholm who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 87thth minute tested the skills of Slavyan Gusev when he managed to save the team from getting behind. FC Grivata's Eero Grönholm was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 90th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Antonio Dino managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Grivata's supporters rose to their feet, but Antonio Dino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Slavyan Gusev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Slavyan Gusev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lyuben Dimiev in the 95th minute of play. Slavyan Gusev had great luck who in the 97thth minute grab hold of the ball when Lyuben Dimiev from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. FC Grivata played a much better game than Blue Power and deserved their victory. The Blue Power players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.