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Red Stars Arena
Spectators: 7602 (Terracing: 5757, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 125) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Roman Spiridonov took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute Kuncho Koshlukov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvio Kusko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FK Ronaldo's Valeri Novkov got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 11th match minute, FK Ronaldo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Blagovest Karadakov to maneuver through the defense. 14 minutes into the match, Valeri Novkov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Silvio Kusko. THE RED STARS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Valeri Novkov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Silvio Kusko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valeri Novkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Silvio Kusko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roman Spiridonov in the 21st minute of play. Benislav Shtúrbanov kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Valeri Novkov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Silvio Kusko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valeri Novkov in the 24th minute of the match. 26 minutes into the game, Roman Spiridonov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Silvio Kusko was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Valeri Novkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Silvio Kusko having to interfere. Silvio Kusko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roman Spiridonov, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Silvio Kusko came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by FK Ronaldo's Valeri Novkov. But to his dismay, Valeri Novkov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. 36 minutes into the match, THE RED STARS's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Daganov came free, but Silvio Kusko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Antonio Daganov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half FK Ronaldo were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Valentin Vrazhilov to strike the kick off in the second half. If Roman Spiridonov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 56 minutes into the match, FK Ronaldo's Valeri Novkov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Silvio Kusko narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 58th minute, FK Ronaldo's Roman Spiridonov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. After having played for 60 minutes, Valeri Novkov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FK Ronaldo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Valeri Novkov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Valeri Novkov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Silvio Kusko made a huge save. When Valeri Novkov came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the FK Ronaldo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Valeri Novkov couldn't finish the play. Kuncho Koshlukov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Roman Spiridonov took the ball and in the 75 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Silvio Kusko. Silvio Kusko dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. In the 80th minute, Roman Spiridonov fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Kuncho Koshlukov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Silvio Kusko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kuncho Koshlukov in the 83rd minute of play forced THE RED STARS's goalkeeper Silvio Kusko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 83 minutes of play, FK Ronaldo's Roman Spiridonov made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Silvio Kusko was left in no man's land by his defense there! FK Ronaldo's Valeri Novkov got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. FK Ronaldo's Roman Spiridonov got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, THE RED STARS's Silvio Kusko got control of the ball when Kuncho Koshlukov tried to sneak it across the goal line. THE RED STARS's Silvio Kusko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roman Spiridonov in the 93rd minute of play.