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ATAKA
Spectators: 7664 (Terracing: 5749, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Asen Gotov kicked off to start the match. The supporters of СА ЩУРМОВАЦИ booed when Schalke04 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bogomil Bangiev didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot by Matey Dulev from long distance, 7 minutes into the match, got Vaklin Kanin's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Vaklin Kanin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stoyko Dipchikov in the 9th minute. Valko Nedanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Prodan Zankov in the 16th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, СА ЩУРМОВАЦИ's goal looked a bit too open when Prodan Zankov came free, but Valko Nedanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valko Nedanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Prodan Zankov in the 17th minute of the match. Anatoli Kimov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vaklin Kanin having to interfere. Prodan Zankov might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Valko Nedanov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Prodan Zankov ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 32nd match minute, СА ЩУРМОВАЦИ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evstati Stoyanov to maneuver through the defense. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind СА ЩУРМОВАЦИ's goalkeeper Valko Nedanov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Schalke04's Elenko Pilyov got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Valko Nedanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Asen Gotov in the 39th minute of the match. Valko Nedanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Prodan Zankov in the 40th minute of the match. When Dimo Naydenov fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored СА ЩУРМОВАЦИ's protests and gave Dimo Naydenov a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to СА ЩУРМОВАЦИ getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Dimo Naydenov hit a great ball. Valko Nedanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Prodan Zankov in the 42nd minute of the match. Vaklin Kanin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anatoli Kimov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Anatoli Kimov to strike the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Asen Gotov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Schalke04's supporters rose to their feet, but Asen Gotov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Valko Nedanov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 61 played minutes Schalke04 got a freekick which was hit by Elenko Pilyov. Vaklin Kanin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stoyko Dipchikov's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. СА ЩУРМОВАЦИ's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Asen Gotov 64 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-3. If Prodan Zankov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 74 minutes, Bogomil Groshkov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Schalke04 and the СА ЩУРМОВАЦИ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 74 played minutes Schalke04 got a freekick which was hit by Bogomil Groshkov. Stoyko Dipchikov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Vaklin Kanin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 86 minutes into the match, Prodan Zankov notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of СА ЩУРМОВАЦИ's Valko Nedanov. Valko Nedanov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Prodan Zankov got free with Valko Nedanov in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Asen Gotov in the 92nd minute of play forced СА ЩУРМОВАЦИ's goalkeeper Valko Nedanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.