League

Never Arena
Spectators: 8167 (Terracing: 6127, Seating: 1878, VIP seats: 162) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Anton Darmuis got the match started through his kick off. If Dragolyub Benkovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the last second Pavel Vitanski throw himself and got hold of the ball when Anton Darmuis in the 9thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. A collision led to CSKA Dec getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Iliyan Múrhov hit a great ball. 10 minutes into the match, Anton Darmuis notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of CSKA Dec's Pavel Vitanski. Pavel Vitanski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of CSKA Dec booed when Serdika Football Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wlodzimierz Siekierski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pavel Vitanski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anton Darmuis in the 20th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stoil Vúlev in the 26th minute of play forced CSKA Dec's goalkeeper Pavel Vitanski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Serdika Football Academy's Pavel Vitanski threw himself towards the right post 32 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Anton Darmuis, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. If Anton Darmuis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 36 minutes into the game, Serdika Football Academy's Lovro Rališ nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pavel Vitanski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. 39 minutes into the game, Stoil Vúlev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Pavel Vitanski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Stoil Vúlev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pavel Vitanski having to interfere. Pavel Vitanski was out of position in the 46 minute of play, and Stoil Vúlev capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Stoil Vúlev really showed his touch with that goal: 5-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Boris Shalev was the one to do the kick off. CSKA Dec's Pavel Vitanski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lovro Rališ in the 52nd minute of play. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by CSKA Dec's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stiliyan Yusev was slow to take the kick. During this time Serdika Football Academy's players had a chance to rest. Stiliyan Yusev made a great header on Serdika Football Academy's corner, it was just that CSKA Dec's Pavel Vitanski managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lovro Rališ in the 55th minute of play forced CSKA Dec's goalkeeper Pavel Vitanski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 56 played minutes CSKA Dec got a freekick which was hit by Radomir Krapchev. 60 minutes into the match, Anton Darmuis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pavel Vitanski. CSKA Dec's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anton Darmuis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. The supporters of Serdika Football Academy booed when CSKA Dec was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lilcho Pútov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pavel Vitanski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stiliyan Yusev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pavel Vitanski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stoil Vúlev in the 65th minute of the match. In the 67th minute Lovro Rališ shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pavel Vitanski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stoil Vúlev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 70 minutes into the match, CSKA Dec's goal looked a bit too open when Lovro Rališ came free, but Pavel Vitanski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Temelko Vúrlev kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Stiliyan Yusev missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 73 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Pavel Vitanski right hand side. Stiliyan Yusev charged in rather forcefully in the 74th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stiliyan Yusev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Serdika Football Academy getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Stiliyan Yusev hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Stiliyan Yusev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Serdika Football Academy's supporters rose to their feet, but Stiliyan Yusev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pavel Vitanski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pavel Vitanski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Darmuis in the 86th minute of the match. 87 minutes into the match, Anton Darmuis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pavel Vitanski. CSKA Dec's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anton Darmuis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. In the 92nd minute of the game, Anton Darmuis landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Radomir Krapchev during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Radomir Krapchev kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. In the 96th minute Stiliyan Yusev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pavel Vitanski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dragolyub Benkovski charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dragolyub Benkovski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Dragolyub Benkovski hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match.