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Spectators: 7724 (Terracing: 5794, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) Svetlozar Velchov lost his temper 4 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. A collision led to Shudekovtsu getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Svetlozar Velchov hit a great ball. In the 6th minute of the match Raycho Gúrbov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Svilen Kirov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Vidyo Bozhilov's late challenge caught a Shudekovtsu's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vidyo Bozhilov helped the player get up and apologised. 14 minutes into the match, Tarator's goal looked a bit too open when Kalin Velyanov came free, but Veliko Santurdzhiev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Shudekovtsu getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Neycho Otashliyski hit a great ball. Vidyo Bozhilov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kalin Velyanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Raycho Gúrbov's late challenge caught a Shudekovtsu's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Raycho Gúrbov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th minute, Raycho Gúrbov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Neycho Otashliyski missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 28 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Veliko Santurdzhiev right hand side. After 33 played minutes, Shudekovtsu's Emil Tishev shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Veliko Santurdzhiev 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 Shudekovtsu reached it. Tarator's Veliko Santurdzhiev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Preslav Bangov in the 34th minute of play. Kalin Velyanov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Veliko Santurdzhiev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Veliko Santurdzhiev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Preslav Bangov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 43rd play minute Svilen Musakov came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Svilen Kirov. 1-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Preslav Bangov to make the kick off. If Vidyo Bozhilov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kalin Velyanov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Delcho Petkov kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Kalin Velyanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Preslav Bangov got free with Veliko Santurdzhiev in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 72 minutes into the game, Shudekovtsu's Mladen Dilov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Veliko Santurdzhiev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Shudekovtsu's goalkeeper Svilen Kirov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Shudekovtsu's Desislav Kotov got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kalin Velyanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Veliko Santurdzhiev having to interfere. Preslav Bangov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Shudekovtsu played a much better game than Tarator and deserved their victory. The Tarator players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.