League

Galaxy Arena
Spectators: 8418 (Terracing: 6314, Seating: 1936, VIP seats: 168) Mahsun İrfan made the kick off and thus started the match. After 4 played minutes FC East Star got a freekick which was hit by Tervel Ribolovski. Milcho Petkov kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. In the 9th minute Raycho Mizov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stoyne Borimechkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Raycho Mizov got free in front of the goal in the 10th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Stoyne Borimechkov was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tervel Ribolovski in the 11th minute of play forced TigersWest's goalkeeper Ilcho Petrinski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th match minute, TigersWest was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mahsun İrfan to maneuver through the defense. Stoyne Borimechkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mahsun İrfan in the 15th minute of the match. In the 18th minute Mahsun İrfan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stoyne Borimechkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 20 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Mahsun İrfan sped through FC East Star's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Stoyne Borimechkov. Krasen Parev hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute, Stiliyan Maynolovski sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and TigersWest's Ilcho Petrinski didn't even have to move. Stoyne Borimechkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Biser Kostakev in the 27th minute of play. Stoyne Borimechkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mahsun İrfan, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. In the 31st minute Mahsun İrfan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stoyne Borimechkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Biser Kostakev in the 33rd minute of play forced FC East Star's goalkeeper Stoyne Borimechkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Plamen Seymenov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Mahsun İrfan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stoyne Borimechkov was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Stoyne Borimechkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Biser Kostakev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Goran Sakarski hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Stoyne Borimechkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Biser Kostakev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tervel Ribolovski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Goran Sakarski's late challenge caught a TigersWest's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Goran Sakarski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 54th match minute, FC East Star was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Goran Sakarski to maneuver through the defense. TigersWest's Ilcho Petrinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tervel Ribolovski in the 57th minute of play. Velichko Búnev might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ilcho Petrinski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Velichko Búnev ran back to his position shaking his head. Stoyne Borimechkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Biser Kostakev, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Stoyne Borimechkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Biser Kostakev in the 60th minute of play. A collision led to TigersWest getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Raycho Mizov hit a great ball. FC East Star's Stiliyan Maynolovski quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Prodan Komarov, made in the 64th minute of the game. If Velichko Búnev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stoyne Borimechkov made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Biser Kostakev sent off a good shot on target. When TigersWest's Mahsun İrfan in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC East Star's goalie prevented a goal. In the 74th minute of the match TigersWest got a corner. FC East Star's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Plamen Seymenov ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Plamen Seymenov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Stoyne Borimechkov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. FC East Star's Stoyne Borimechkov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save FC East Star from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Biser Kostakev got free with Stoyne Borimechkov in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 83 minutes into the match, FC East Star's goal looked a bit too open when Biser Kostakev came free, but Stoyne Borimechkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 87 played minutes, TigersWest's Plamen Seymenov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Stoyne Borimechkov came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in TigersWest reached it. After 88 minutes, Biser Kostakev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TigersWest and the FC East Star players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 89th minute, Biser Kostakev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Stoyne Borimechkov managed to avoid a goal in the 91stth minute, when TigersWest's Rostislav Mominov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. FC East Star's Stoyne Borimechkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mahsun İrfan in the 92nd minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, Biser Kostakev notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of FC East Star's Stoyne Borimechkov. Stoyne Borimechkov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The TigersWest supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing TigersWest would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.