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Odaitye Stadion
Spectators: 8023 (Terracing: 6354, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 169) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Trayan Bozhov kicked off to start the match. Alfonso Leoncio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niki Zhdrakov in the 4th minute of the match. Guaberto Jorrin in the 5thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Tzvetan Pirinchev, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. FC MANEKENI CLUB's Alfonso Leoncio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anastas Hazúrbasanov in the 8th minute of play. FC TROYAN's Tzvetan Pirinchev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save FC TROYAN from getting a goal against them. In the 14thth minute of the game Guaberto Jorrin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC TROYAN's Tzvetan Pirinchev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Guaberto Jorrin did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Tzvetan Pirinchev 14 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Guaberto Jorrin put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Tzvetan Pirinchev. Stanimir Dzhadzhev kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. FC TROYAN's Tzvetan Pirinchev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save FC TROYAN from getting a goal against them. After 26 minutes, Trayan Bozhov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC TROYAN and the FC MANEKENI CLUB players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to FC TROYAN getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Trayan Bozhov hit a great ball. Guaberto Jorrin struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Tzvetan Pirinchev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC MANEKENI CLUB. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mavrudi Barúmov in the 30th minute of play forced FC TROYAN's goalkeeper Tzvetan Pirinchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Alexi Bakúrdzhiev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alfonso Leoncio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mladen Balevski, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. A collision led to FC TROYAN getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Peycho Topchev hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Guaberto Jorrin took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Tzvetan Pirinchev to make any attempt to save it. In a very dangerous position, a player in FC MANEKENI CLUB fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 44th minute. Penalty! FC MANEKENI CLUB:s Alfonso Leoncio showed great skill when he stopped Dimcho Kerelezov:s penalty. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Guaberto Jorrin to make the kick off. With a little luck, FC MANEKENI CLUB's Alfonso Leoncio got control of the ball when Trayan Bozhov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 60th minute Mladen Balevski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfonso Leoncio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in Dimcho Kerelezov almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC MANEKENI CLUB's Alfonso Leoncio did a great save. After 65 minutes of play, FC MANEKENI CLUB's Sly Goodwick made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tzvetan Pirinchev was left in no man's land by his defense there! FC TROYAN's Tzvetan Pirinchev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guaberto Jorrin in the 69th minute of play. 71 minutes into the match, FC MANEKENI CLUB's Guaberto Jorrin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tzvetan Pirinchev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 72nd minute, Niki Zhdrakov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tzvetan Pirinchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guaberto Jorrin in the 76th minute of play. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC TROYAN's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Panos Kontogiannidis was slow to take the kick. During this time FC MANEKENI CLUB's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Panos Kontogiannidis got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tzvetan Pirinchev quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 84 minutes, Guaberto Jorrin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC MANEKENI CLUB and the FC TROYAN players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 84th match minute, FC MANEKENI CLUB was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guaberto Jorrin to maneuver through the defense. Roman Shtonov kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 86th minute of the game. One of FC TROYAN:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC MANEKENI CLUB:s goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trayan Bozhov in the 93rd minute of play forced FC MANEKENI CLUB's goalkeeper Alfonso Leoncio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC MANEKENI CLUB's Alexi Bakúrdzhiev got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The FC MANEKENI CLUB fans cheered their team off the field, for while FC TROYAN had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.