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Gorostanete
Spectators: 8393 (Terracing: 6297, Seating: 1930, VIP seats: 166) Gorostanete's Viktor Buyukliev started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Roberto Firmino during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Gorostanete getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Roberto Firmino hit a great ball. After 4 played minutes Gorostanete got a freekick which was hit by Argir Mominov. Slavyan Gusev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Viktor Buyukliev in the 7th minute. Mouricio Reyo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Di Stéfano in the 10th minute of the match. After 11 played minutes Blue Power got a freekick which was hit by Niki Pantaleev. Mouricio Reyo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iliyan Bolashikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Viktor Buyukliev during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Viktor Buyukliev hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Blue Power's Alfredo Di Stéfano got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Roberto Firmino came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Gorostanete fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Roberto Firmino couldn't finish the play. Mouricio Reyo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iliyan Bolashikov in the 27th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vanko Kavlakov in the 29th minute of play forced Gorostanete's goalkeeper Mouricio Reyo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute Alfredo Di Stéfano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mouricio Reyo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Slavyan Gusev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roberto Firmino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Slavyan Gusev stood somewhat misplaced when Roberto Firmino came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 35 minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vanko Kavlakov in the 39th minute of play forced Gorostanete's goalkeeper Mouricio Reyo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Blagoy Borov hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Blue Power's Slavyan Gusev got control of the ball when Duarte das Neves tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 47thth minute of the game Alfredo Di Stéfano who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gorostanete's Mouricio Reyo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Encho Spiridonov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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 1-0.

The wind increased when Iliyan Bolashikov made the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute Vanko Kavlakov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mouricio Reyo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Niki Pantaleev hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. In the 59th minute Lyudmil Topchev 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. Mouricio Reyo made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Iliyan Bolashikov sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfredo Di Stéfano in the 61st minute of play forced Gorostanete's goalkeeper Mouricio Reyo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute, Duarte das Neves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Duarte das Neves hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Mouricio Reyo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfredo Di Stéfano in the 67th minute of play. Slavyan Gusev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vanyo Bukovski in the 68th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Blue Power's Niki Pantaleev got a free kick in the 71st minute. Gorostanete's Mouricio Reyo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo Di Stéfano in the 73rd minute of play. Roberto Firmino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Slavyan Gusev having to interfere. Roberto Firmino hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. With his leg Mouricio Reyo managed to avoid a goal in the 80thth minute, when Blue Power's Iliyan Bolashikov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Roberto Firmino scored 2-0 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Slavyan Gusev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Milcho Belemezov's late challenge caught a Gorostanete's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Milcho Belemezov helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Gorostanete booed when Blue Power was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Milcho Belemezov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mouricio Reyo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfredo Di Stéfano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 97 minutes into the game, Viktor Buyukliev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Slavyan Gusev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gorostanete's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.