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Stamford Bridge
Spectators: 5865 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1865, VIP seats: 0) Nayden Simidchiev's late challenge caught a ОФК Поморие's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nayden Simidchiev helped the player get up and apologised. 6 minutes into the match, ОФК Поморие's goal looked a bit too open when Zlatko Duhtev came free, but Lozan Lakov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chelsea FC's Filippo Cappucci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geno Kravaev in the 15th minute of play. Nayden Simidchiev's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Lozan Lakov firmly grabbed it by the left post. Temelko Smochevski hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Lozan Lakov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zlatko Duhtev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ОФК Поморие's Lozan Lakov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save ОФК Поморие from getting a goal against them. A collision led to ОФК Поморие getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Geno Kravaev hit a great ball. In the 36th match minute, ОФК Поморие was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Svilen Dolapchiev to maneuver through the defense. Zhelyazko Buzin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Avgustin Trichkov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chelsea FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Avgustin Trichkov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lozan Lakov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 41st minute, Zlatko Duhtev reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lozan Lakov. The goal made the score 1-0. When Geno Kravaev fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ОФК Поморие's protests and gave Geno Kravaev a yellow card for diving instead. Nedelcho Dichev hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nayden Simidchiev got free with Lozan Lakov in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Svilen Dolapchiev to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Zlatko Duhtev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lozan Lakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54th minute, Nayden Simidchiev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chelsea FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nedelcho Dichev in the 59th minute of play forced Chelsea FC's goalkeeper Filippo Cappucci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the ОФК Поморие defense, Zlatko Duhtev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lozan Lakov. The ОФК Поморие fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lozan Lakov should have stopped the shot. 64 minutes into the match, ОФК Поморие's goal looked a bit too open when Nayden Simidchiev came free, but Lozan Lakov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Filippo Cappucci made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Kuzman Súrbakov sent off a good shot on target. Filippo Cappucci took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nedelcho Dichev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72nd minute, Nayden Simidchiev made a precise shot to the right of Lozan Lakov. ОФК Поморие's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. In the 77th minute, Zlatko Duhtev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lozan Lakov was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Filippo Cappucci didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Geno Kravaev went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svilen Dolapchiev in the 84th minute of play forced Chelsea FC's goalkeeper Filippo Cappucci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. During the 91st minute of the match Nayden Simidchiev completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Nayden Simidchiev a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 94th minute of the match, Kuzman Súrbakov got a very nice opportunity to score, but Filippo Cappucci was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Kuzman Súrbakov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Chelsea FC had played much better football throughout.