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Berkovtsi St
Spectators: 8132 (Terracing: 6105, Seating: 1872, VIP seats: 155) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Slavyan Fasulkov made the kick off which started today's match. Martin Dzhalev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilcho Balinov in the 3rd minute of the match. 4 minutes into the game, FC Berkovtsi's Ivo Karapanov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Martin Dzhalev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. FC Berkovtsi's Evlogi Belyovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iliya Stanoychev in the 7th minute of play. After 8 played minutes FC Berkovtsi got a freekick which was hit by Velizar Stavrev. 11 minutes into the match, Valentin Zlatkov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Martin Dzhalev. Sultanzi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Valentin Zlatkov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. An unexpected shot in the 19th minute by Valentin Zlatkov got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valcho Hadzhiatanasov in the 25th minute of play forced Sultanzi's goalkeeper Martin Dzhalev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25th minute, Stancho Sakarov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Sultanzi's Martin Dzhalev got control of the ball when Valentin Zlatkov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Martin Dzhalev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ivo Karapanov in the 27th minute. In the 30th minute, Valentin Zlatkov reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Martin Dzhalev. The goal made the score 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iliya Stanoychev in the 32nd minute of play forced FC Berkovtsi's goalkeeper Evlogi Belyovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Slavyan Fasulkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Evlogi Belyovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Evlogi Belyovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iliya Stanoychev in the 43rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, FC Berkovtsi's Velizar Stavrev got a free kick in the 43rd minute. In the 46th match minute, Sultanzi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Svetlin Bekyarov to maneuver through the defense. After 47 played minutes, FC Berkovtsi's Velizar Stavrev shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Martin Dzhalev 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 FC Berkovtsi reached it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Valentin Zlatkov to make the kick off. If Velizar Stavrev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Martin Dzhalev came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by FC Berkovtsi's Valcho Hadzhiatanasov. But to his dismay, Valcho Hadzhiatanasov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Sultanzi's Slavyan Fasulkov got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 58th minute, Iliya Stanoychev got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 60 minutes into the match, Sultanzi's goal looked a bit too open when Ivo Karapanov came free, but Martin Dzhalev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 61 minutes into the game, FC Berkovtsi's Velizar Stavrev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Martin Dzhalev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Martin Dzhalev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivo Karapanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. After 68 minutes of play, FC Berkovtsi's Valcho Hadzhiatanasov made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Martin Dzhalev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Martin Dzhalev came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by FC Berkovtsi's Valcho Hadzhiatanasov. But to his dismay, Valcho Hadzhiatanasov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. 80 minutes into the match, Valentin Zlatkov notched a goal, 9-0, to the right of Sultanzi's Martin Dzhalev. Martin Dzhalev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Iliya Stanoychev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Evlogi Belyovski made a huge save. Sultanzi's Martin Dzhalev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivo Karapanov in the 86th minute of play. In the 91st minute, Brunko Vúrlyakov made a precise shot to the right of Martin Dzhalev. Sultanzi's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 11-0. With 95 minutes on the clock, Geno Mikovski commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 96th match minute, Sultanzi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Geno Mikovski to maneuver through the defense. Martin Dzhalev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Velizar Stavrev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Berkovtsi walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.