League

Rovina Stadion
Spectators: 6501 (Terracing: 5235, Seating: 1255, VIP seats: 11) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kuncho Chaev got the match started through his kick off. Anton Mihov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 6 played minutes CSKA Rovina got a freekick which was hit by Tzvetan Hrisimov. The audience was convinced that Bozhil Lakev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Slavey Kúrkov was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Gabriel Nokov was out of position in the 9 minute of play, and Kuncho Chaev capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Kuncho Chaev really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Kuncho Chaev kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gabriel Nokov. That made the score 2-0 in the 13 minute of play. Slavey Kúrkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Delyan Gotov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 22nd minute, ПФК Спартак Плевен's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Alexey Borimechkov fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Anatoli Bodzhov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Gabriel Nokov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Slavey Kúrkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nano Peynov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vihren Petrishki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to ПФК Спартак Плевен getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Blagovest Filov hit a great ball. Kuncho Chaev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabriel Nokov having to interfere. After 36 played minutes Vihren Petrishki rounded ПФК Спартак Плевен's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-0. Anton Mihov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Gabriel Nokov made a huge save. Gabriel Nokov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Svetozar Gospodinov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kuncho Chaev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabriel Nokov having to interfere. Nano Peynov's late challenge caught a CSKA Rovina's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nano Peynov helped the player get up and apologised. Nano Peynov kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Delyan Gotov to make the kick off. Kuncho Chaev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Gabriel Nokov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anton Mihov's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. After 57 minutes of play ПФК Спартак Плевен's Nano Peynov was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to ПФК Спартак Плевен getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Nano Peynov hit a great ball. Gabriel Nokov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anton Mihov went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. ПФК Спартак Плевен's Gabriel Nokov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kuncho Chaev in the 71st minute of play. Kuncho Chaev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Gabriel Nokov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Blagovest Filov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kuncho Chaev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gabriel Nokov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexey Borimechkov in the 85th minute of the match. Gabriel Nokov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vihren Petrishki in the 86th minute of the match. Alexey Borimechkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabriel Nokov having to interfere. The supporters of CSKA Rovina booed when ПФК Спартак Плевен was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tzvetomir Budevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 93 played minutes, CSKA Rovina's Tzvetan Hrisimov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gabriel Nokov 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 CSKA Rovina reached it. After 94 played minutes ПФК Спартак Плевен got a freekick which was hit by Blagovest Filov. CSKA Rovina's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tzvetan Hrisimov in the 97th minute. The corner led CSKA Rovina's Tzvetan Hrisimov to fire away a dangerous shot which Gabriel Nokov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When the referee ended the match the CSKA Rovina players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.