League

AXI Stadion
Spectators: 8477 (Terracing: 6359, Seating: 1949, VIP seats: 169) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ilko Drashanski took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Krzysztof Skoroda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Konstantin Dobrinski was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. 11 minutes into the match, Cup2's goalkeeper Eliseo Moreno had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Piotr Klawke. Eliseo Moreno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilko Drashanski in the 14th minute of the match. Konstantin Dobrinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimcho Fuskov in the 14th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Piotr Klawke got free with Eliseo Moreno in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Konstantin Dobrinski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Téo Mello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eliseo Moreno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Piotr Klawke in the 23rd minute of the match. Konstantin Dobrinski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Téo Mello's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. Eliseo Moreno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ilko Drashanski in the 25th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Téo Mello in the 27th minute of play forced AXi's goalkeeper Konstantin Dobrinski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eliseo Moreno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Piotr Klawke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 35th minute of the match, Victorino Diaz Montero got a very nice opportunity to score, but Eliseo Moreno was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Piotr Klawke was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 42nd minute. AXi's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 44 minutes into the game, Piotr Klawke recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Eliseo Moreno. Piotr Klawke showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Krzysztof Skoroda charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Krzysztof Skoroda the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of AXi booed when Cup2 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Krzysztof Skoroda didn't get a good kick on the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Téo Mello was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, AXi's goal looked a bit too open when Dimcho Fuskov came free, but Konstantin Dobrinski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 55th minute, Dimcho Fuskov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cup2 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. After a rather tough play, Cup2's Ludger Quinkert got a free kick in the 58th minute. Eliseo Moreno came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by AXi's Martin Villascuerna. But to his dismay, Martin Villascuerna quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Eliseo Moreno showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Piotr Klawke, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Téo Mello kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 68thth minute. Though ot was a great shot AXi's keeper Konstantin Dobrinski was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. After 68 minutes, Téo Mello made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. AXi's Konstantin Dobrinski tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to AXi getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Gau Zubiaga hit a great ball. Cup2's Tzanko Papukchiev was substituted for Ludger Quinkert. In the 75thth minute of the game Ilko Drashanski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cup2's Eliseo Moreno was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dimcho Fuskov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Dobrinski having to interfere. Cup2 were awarded a corner in the 80th minute after AXi's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mladen Pashov took the corner. Konstantin Dobrinski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dimcho Fuskov in the 91st minute. Konstantin Dobrinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Argir Tishinov in the 95th minute of play. There was no doubt that AXi were the better team. AXi's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.