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Христо Ботев
Spectators: 8441 (Terracing: 6332, Seating: 1941, VIP seats: 168) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Trayko Raykov made the kick off which started today's match. Delcho Chaev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Strahil Radenkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Лудата Банда от Пловдив getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Trayko Raykov hit a great ball. Strahil Radenkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulo de Lima in the 9th minute of play. Strahil Radenkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michiel Sterckx, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Strahil Radenkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo de Lima in the 18th minute of the match. The supporters of VN FK LEVSKI-1914-Varna booed when Лудата Банда от Пловдив was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nedyalko Púrvanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marcos Stens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trayko Raykov in the 27th minute of the match. The supporters of VN FK LEVSKI-1914-Varna booed when Лудата Банда от Пловдив was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nedyalko Púrvanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Лудата Банда от Пловдив's Strahil Radenkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulo de Lima in the 33rd minute of play. 35 minutes into the game, Delcho Chaev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Strahil Radenkov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Strahil Radenkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Delcho Chaev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 46th minute Лудата Банда от Пловдив were awarded a corner. David Potra went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in David Potra almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but VN FK LEVSKI-1914-Varna's Marcos Stens did a great save. In the 46th match minute David Potra ran free in the middle of the field and shot a long shot which scored behind a totally surprised Marcos Stens. 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

VN FK LEVSKI-1914-Varna made a substitution. Stoyan Piperkov replaced Stoil Gotev. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Delcho Chaev to make the kick off. Лудата Банда от Пловдив's Strahil Radenkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhelyo Boyadzhov in the 54th minute of play. Paulo de Lima could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Strahil Radenkov made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as Stoyan Piperkov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Strahil Radenkov. That made the score 1-2 in the 63 minute of play. Strahil Radenkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhelyo Boyadzhov in the 69th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stoyan Piperkov got free with Strahil Radenkov in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Лудата Банда от Пловдив's Trayko Raykov got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stoyan Piperkov got free with Strahil Radenkov in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 83rd minute, Trayko Raykov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 92 minutes into the match, Лудата Банда от Пловдив's goal looked a bit too open when Delcho Chaev came free, but Strahil Radenkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Strahil Radenkov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stoyan Piperkov in the 94th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhelyo Boyadzhov in the 96th minute of play forced Лудата Банда от Пловдив's goalkeeper Strahil Radenkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 97 minutes into the match, Лудата Банда от Пловдив's goalkeeper Strahil Radenkov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Paulo de Lima. VN FK LEVSKI-1914-Varna played a much better game than Лудата Банда от Пловдив and deserved their victory. The Лудата Банда от Пловдив players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.