League

The Bistritsa Jungle
Spectators: 8393 (Terracing: 6297, Seating: 1930, VIP seats: 166) Evtim Papazov made the kick off and thus started the match. After 5 minutes, Evtim Papazov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tigers of Bistritsa and the CSKA Ignat players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Tigers of Bistritsa's Evtim Papazov got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 8th minute Evtim Papazov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Acho Búrzin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Adrian Cholakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. CSKA Ignat's Acho Búrzin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Evtim Papazov in the 17th minute of play. Lazar Stanoev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nenko Maev, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Acho Búrzin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evtim Papazov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, CSKA Ignat's Ganyo Gaydardzhiev got a free kick in the 27th minute. After 29 minutes of play, Tigers of Bistritsa's Nikolay Hambarski made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Acho Búrzin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Asparuh Bubov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Acho Búrzin having to interfere. Konstantin Dzhambazki kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Lazar Stanoev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrian Cholakov in the 35th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ganyo Gaydardzhiev during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 36 played minutes CSKA Ignat got a freekick which was hit by Ganyo Gaydardzhiev. Lazar Stanoev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nenko Maev in the 42nd minute of the match. Lazar Stanoev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrian Cholakov in the 44th minute of the match. Tigers of Bistritsa's Lazar Stanoev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nenko Maev in the 45th minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, CSKA Ignat's goal looked a bit too open when Evtim Papazov came free, but Acho Búrzin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

After 51 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Tigers of Bistritsa! The goalkeeper, Lazar Stanoev, was totally fooled by CSKA Ignat's Toshko Zmiyarov, who 53 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 60th minute, Evtim Papazov made a precise shot to the right of Acho Búrzin. CSKA Ignat's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Nenko Maev kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Lazar Stanoev. That made the score 2-2 in the 64 minute of play. Maksim Kronev kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Lazar Stanoev was out of position in the 72 minute of play, and Nenko Maev capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Nenko Maev really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. Nenko Maev who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 74thth minute tested the skills of Lazar Stanoev when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Nenko Maevs short, quick shot in the 79thth minute got Lazar Stanoev to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Yoncho Zhelyazkovs short, quick shot in the 80thth minute got Lazar Stanoev to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nenko Maev got free with Lazar Stanoev in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 84 minutes into the game, Maksim Kronev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. CSKA Ignat's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tigers of Bistritsa the free kick. Tigers of Bistritsa's Prodan Elenski was substituted for Evtim Papazov. A collision led to CSKA Ignat getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Maksim Kronev hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Nenko Maev put it in 2-4 from a short distance just to the right of Lazar Stanoev. Prodan Elenski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lazar Stanoev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nenko Maev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. CSKA Ignat's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.