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Христо Ботев
Spectators: 8441 (Terracing: 6332, Seating: 1941, VIP seats: 168) After 2 played minutes TRAKIA F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Temelko Tarlyovski. In the 8th minute, Avgust Momchilov made a precise shot to the right of Antonio Trevisani. TRAKIA F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 11th minute, Hristo Botev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Хан Крум Страшни fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hristo Botev in the 14th minute of play forced TRAKIA F.C.'s goalkeeper Antonio Trevisani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hristo Botev's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Antonio Trevisani read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. Antonio Trevisani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hristo Botev went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hristo Botev in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Antonio Trevisani saved TRAKIA F.C. from getting behind. When Хан Крум Страшни's Hristo Botev in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye TRAKIA F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Onyii Adegoke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vito Marquez, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Antonio Trevisani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mirko Blank in the 33rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Хан Крум Страшни's Yanko Kenanov got a free kick in the 34th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vito Marquez got free with Onyii Adegoke in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Antonio Trevisani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hristo Botev in the 38th minute of the match. Antonio Trevisani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hristo Botev in the 46th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vito Marquez was the one to do the kick off. Svetoslav Stamboliev kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Хан Крум Страшни's goalkeeper Onyii Adegoke, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hristo Botev in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Antonio Trevisani saved TRAKIA F.C. from getting behind. Hristo Botev in the 56thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Antonio Trevisani, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Viktor Beykov hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. In the 60th minute Xefe Lantaron shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Onyii Adegoke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 61 played minutes TRAKIA F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Kağan Adar. Хан Крум Страшни's Georgi Godzhev was substituted for Bozhil Shtirkov. Kağan Adar hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hristo Botev in the 63rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Antonio Trevisani saved TRAKIA F.C. from getting behind. Mirko Blank received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Antonio Trevisani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Onyii Adegoke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vito Marquez in the 66th minute of play. Xefe Lantaron fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Onyii Adegoke having to interfere. Hristo Botev in the 70thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Antonio Trevisani, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With his leg Antonio Trevisani managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when Хан Крум Страшни's Hristo Botev fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 81 minutes, Traycho Naydov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TRAKIA F.C. and the Хан Крум Страшни players grew even worse after the yellow card. Traycho Naydov hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Хан Крум Страшни made a substitution. Stanko Dosholov replaced Hristo Botev. The audience was convinced that Stanko Dosholov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Antonio Trevisani was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. When Ventzislav Yonchevski fell near the penalty area in the 88th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored TRAKIA F.C.'s protests and gave Ventzislav Yonchevski a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Хан Крум Страшни booed when TRAKIA F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ventzislav Yonchevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. 89 minutes into the match, Хан Крум Страшни's Svetoslav Stamboliev broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Xefe Lantaron managed to get in a good position for a shot. TRAKIA F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Xefe Lantaron was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Onyii Adegoke breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, TRAKIA F.C.'s Antonio Trevisani got control of the ball when Stanko Dosholov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 94th minute, Volodya Sentov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Onyii Adegoke stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vito Marquez's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. Хан Крум Страшни played a much better game than TRAKIA F.C. and deserved their victory. The TRAKIA F.C. players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.