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Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 8410 (Terracing: 6308, Seating: 1934, VIP seats: 168) Tzeno Nanev made the kick off and thus started the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ildefonso Frascuelo got free with Grigor Ruski in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 7 minutes into the game, Toni Nenchev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Grigor Ruski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 11 minutes into the game, Stiliyan Dzhorgov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lighters's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave DARAS the free kick. A hard shot by Bayındır Seyfullah from long distance, 12 minutes into the match, got Grigor Ruski's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Toni Nenchev got free with Grigor Ruski in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Ildefonso Frascuelo managed to get in a good position for a shot. DARAS's supporters rose to their feet, but Ildefonso Frascuelo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Grigor Ruski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Toni Nenchev might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Grigor Ruski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Toni Nenchev ran back to his position shaking his head. After 25 played minutes Lighters got a freekick which was hit by Tzeno Nanev. In the 26th match minute, DARAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lucas Quinto to maneuver through the defense. Tzeno Nanev hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Marc Apelkvist hit a great ball. Sandro Ormea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimcho Skachkov in the 32nd minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Gerasim Slabakov in the 38th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by DARAS's Marko Kyulafliev. Grigor Ruski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toni Nenchev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ildefonso Frascuelo got free with Grigor Ruski in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marc Apelkvist's late challenge caught a Lighters's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marc Apelkvist helped the player get up and apologised. In the 44th match minute, DARAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marc Apelkvist to maneuver through the defense. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Ildefonso Frascuelo made the kick off in the second half. The throw-in from Gerasim Slabakov in the 58th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by DARAS's Marko Kyulafliev. After a rather tough play, Lighters's Radoy Semenov got a free kick in the 58th minute. DARAS were awarded a corner in the 63th minute after Lighters's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Bayındır Seyfullah took the corner. Grigor Ruski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bayındır Seyfullah in the 64th minute of play. Marko Kyulafliev hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. DARAS made a substitution. Remus Ostoici replaced Lucas Quinto. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roger Milla in the 69th minute of play forced Lighters's goalkeeper Grigor Ruski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lighters's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bayındır Seyfullah was slow to take the kick. During this time DARAS's players had a chance to rest. When the referee ended the match the DARAS players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.