League

Kliment Ohridski
Spectators: 7598 (Terracing: 5739, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 100) Kuvandzhilar's Stefan Lyubenov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Andon Tzankovski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lokomotiv Ruse's supporters rose to their feet, but Andon Tzankovski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pencho Viyachki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pencho Viyachki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Delyan Tegarkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Vencho Prevalski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kuvandzhilar's supporters rose to their feet, but Vencho Prevalski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nikifor Velevski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Yanko Karaganchev was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 21 minutes into the match. Kuvandzhilar's Konstantin Grandzhev got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Andon Tzankovski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Pencho Viyachki made a huge save. Nikifor Velevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stefan Lyubenov, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Kuvandzhilar's Pencho Viyachki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delyan Tegarkov in the 37th minute of play. In the 38th minute of the match, Andon Tzankovski got a very nice opportunity to score, but Pencho Viyachki was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Veliko Barbov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Nikifor Velevski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 43 minutes into the match, Kuvandzhilar's goalkeeper Pencho Viyachki had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Andon Tzankovski. Konstantin Grandzhev kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vencho Prevalski during the 51st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Kuvandzhilar's Vencho Prevalski got a free kick in the 51st minute. Delyan Tegarkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Pencho Viyachki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pencho Viyachki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andon Tzankovski in the 56th minute of the match. Pencho Viyachki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andon Tzankovski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Konstantin Grandzhev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 64 played minutes Lokomotiv Ruse got a freekick which was hit by Haralampi Bogdantzaliev. Stefan Lyubenov might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nikifor Velevski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Stefan Lyubenov ran back to his position shaking his head. After 70 played minutes Lokomotiv Ruse got a freekick which was hit by Tomislav Muhtarov. If Toni Siderov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Vencho Prevalski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stefan Lyubenov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Pencho Viyachki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andon Tzankovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Pencho Viyachki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Encho Yonchevski, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. If Stefan Lyubenov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Kuzman Kúrkelanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 94 minutes into the match, Encho Yonchevski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pencho Viyachki. Kuvandzhilar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Encho Yonchevski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Kuvandzhilar's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.