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Gerena
Spectators: 8610 (Terracing: 6458, Seating: 1980, VIP seats: 172) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Venko Petrov started the match with the kick off. 2 minutes into the match, FC Bansko's Venko Petrov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Stiliyan Komsalov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Qin Liang Li sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Paun Atkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Stiliyan Komsalov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Toma Mortev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FC Bansko's Dimitar Vetzov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Feliks Kasperowicz in the 16th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paun Atkov in the 28th minute of play forced ПФК „Левски“ София's goalkeeper Stiliyan Komsalov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Feliks Kasperowicz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dimitar Vetzov. FC Bansko's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Feliks Kasperowicz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Breogan Campoo hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Andrey Plachkov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dimitar Vetzov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. Stiliyan Komsalov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Venko Petrov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paun Atkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 46th minute of the match Ivan Toromanov sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Stiliyan Komsalov skillfully saved the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Feliks Kasperowicz to make the kick off. Stiliyan Komsalov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Venko Petrov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Venko Petrov in the 54th minute of play forced ПФК „Левски“ София's goalkeeper Stiliyan Komsalov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stiliyan Komsalov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Venko Petrov in the 56th minute of the match. FC Bansko's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ivan Toromanov in the 57th minute. The corner led FC Bansko's Ivan Toromanov to fire away a dangerous shot which Stiliyan Komsalov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 59th minute Toma Mortev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dimitar Vetzov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Paun Atkov got free with Stiliyan Komsalov in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 65th minute FC Bansko were awarded a corner. Ivan Toromanov went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Hristiyan Karaleev got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Stiliyan Komsalov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Stiliyan Komsalov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hristiyan Karaleev in the 66th minute of play. Dimitar Vetzov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Feliks Kasperowicz in the 68th minute of play. In the 69th minute, Asım Arif Koç hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Bansko made a substitution. Bratan Rogev replaced Ivan Toromanov. FC Bansko made a substitution. Nedelcho Gutzov replaced Venko Petrov. 73 minutes into the match, ПФК „Левски“ София's goal looked a bit too open when Nedelcho Gutzov came free, but Stiliyan Komsalov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dimitar Vetzov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrey Plachkov in the 74th minute of the match. Dimitar Vetzov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Feliks Kasperowicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The corner led FC Bansko's Breogan Campoo to fire away a dangerous shot which Stiliyan Komsalov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 89th minute, Qin Liang Li got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Stiliyan Komsalov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nedelcho Gutzov in the 95th minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The ПФК „Левски“ София fans cheered their team off the field, for while FC Bansko had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.