League

REAL - ARENA
Spectators: 8428 (Terracing: 6322, Seating: 1938, VIP seats: 168) ПФК Берое's Velichko Trenkov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 4 minutes into the match, R«STAR EAGLES»K's goal looked a bit too open when Yanko Gurmev came free, but Oscar Pombal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lyubcho Mirov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hugo Lloris having to interfere. 9 minutes into the match, Orlando Quirze dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Hugo Lloris, 1-0. Oscar Pombal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Velichko Trenkov in the 16th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Velichko Trenkov managed to get in a good position for a shot. ПФК Берое's supporters rose to their feet, but Velichko Trenkov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oscar Pombal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 19th minute Velichko Trenkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Pombal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ПФК Берое's Hugo Lloris proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save ПФК Берое from getting a goal against them. Hugo Lloris stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luis Figo's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. ПФК Берое's Hugo Lloris proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save ПФК Берое from getting a goal against them. Oscar Pombal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lazar Batalov in the 26th minute of play. Oscar Pombal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Casper De Boeck in the 27th minute of the match. ПФК Берое's Hugo Lloris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orlando Quirze in the 34th minute of play. In the 34th minute Pedro Gaspar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Lloris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 37th minute Yanko Gurmev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Pombal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yanko Gurmev in the 38th minute of play forced R«STAR EAGLES»K's goalkeeper Oscar Pombal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 43rd minute, Mihail Stamboldzhiev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Luis Figo to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of R«STAR EAGLES»K booed when ПФК Берое was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lazar Batalov didn't get a good kick on the ball. 55 minutes into the match, ПФК Берое's goal looked a bit too open when Claudio Valcareggi came free, but Hugo Lloris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Yanko Gurmev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Hugo Lloris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orlando Quirze, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Oscar Pombal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Velichko Trenkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogdan Mintzev in the 65th minute of play forced ПФК Берое's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute Velichko Trenkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Pombal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lazar Batalov kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. After 72 played minutes ПФК Берое got a freekick which was hit by Yanko Gurmev. Oscar Pombal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Velichko Trenkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. When ПФК Берое's Velichko Trenkov in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye R«STAR EAGLES»K's goalie prevented a goal. R«STAR EAGLES»K's Reginaldo Lopes was substituted for Lyubcho Mirov. Yanko Gurmev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Oscar Pombal made a huge save. In the 91st match minute, ПФК Берое was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mihail Stamboldzhiev to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 93 minutes, Velichko Trenkov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ПФК Берое's supporters crossed their fingers, but Velichko Trenkov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.