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Бобов дол Арена
Spectators: 5001 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1001, VIP seats: 0) Delcho Gotev charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Delcho Gotev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Миньор БД's Chavdar Dzhakov was substituted for Parvan Mechkarski. After a rather tough play, Hattrick FK's Delcho Gotev got a free kick in the 4th minute. After having played for 5 minutes, Iliyan Arnaudov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Миньор БД's supporters crossed their fingers, but Iliyan Arnaudov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Kristiyan Lisichkov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Iliyan Arnaudov in the 12th minute. After a rather tough play, Hattrick FK's Dimitar Petelkov got a free kick in the 15th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Julian Miecznikowski during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Миньор БД getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Julian Miecznikowski hit a great ball. Aleko Semerdzhiev kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Vihar Kulev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bozhko Baltov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 25th minute, Zlatko Gúrdakov 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. Hattrick FK's Kristiyan Lisichkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Doychin Zhablenski in the 26th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, Hattrick FK's goal looked a bit too open when Zlatko Gúrdakov came free, but Kristiyan Lisichkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 32 minutes into the match, Миньор БД's goal looked a bit too open when Sergey Planinski came free, but Vihar Kulev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute Delcho Gotev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vihar Kulev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kristiyan Lisichkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zlatko Gúrdakov, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Doychin Zhablenski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Kristiyan Lisichkov came out and tried to block the shot, but Doychin Zhablenski slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 43rd minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Iliyan Arnaudov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Iliyan Arnaudov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kristiyan Lisichkov having to interfere. Iliyan Arnaudov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Kristiyan Lisichkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 63 minutes into the game, Chavdar Dzhakov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Миньор БД's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hattrick FK the free kick. The supporters of Hattrick FK booed when Миньор БД was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chavdar Dzhakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. 66 minutes into the match, Hattrick FK's goal looked a bit too open when Zlatko Gúrdakov came free, but Kristiyan Lisichkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 66 minutes of play Hattrick FK's Delcho Gotev was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of Миньор БД booed when Hattrick FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Delcho Gotev didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Hattrick FK's zone, Iliyan Arnaudov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kristiyan Lisichkov came out of the goal and Iliyan Arnaudov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doychin Zhablenski in the 69th minute of play forced Hattrick FK's goalkeeper Kristiyan Lisichkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Hattrick FK booed when Миньор БД was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chavdar Dzhakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81st minute, Yuli Chulev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anton Topliyski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hattrick FK's Sergey Planinski got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Миньор БД walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.