League

Hamer Arena
Spectators: 7666 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) FC Lyakhovo's Daniel Beslimov 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Beslimov in the 5th minute of play forced FC Hamer's goalkeeper Milcho Yurukov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elin Sarafski's late challenge caught a FC Hamer's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Elin Sarafski helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, FC Lyakhovo's Elin Sarafski got a free kick in the 6th minute. The nice shot from Veselin Luchev in the 9thth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Radostin Koprivlenski had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. In the 11th minute Daniel Beslimov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Milcho Yurukov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 12 minutes into the match, Svetlozar Kukushev notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FC Hamer's Milcho Yurukov. Milcho Yurukov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 21 minutes into the match, FC Hamer's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Beslimov came free, but Milcho Yurukov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 27 played minutes FC Hamer got a freekick which was hit by Elenko Prúchkov. After 35 minutes of play, FC Lyakhovo's Daniel Beslimov made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Milcho Yurukov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Ventzislav Mikov made the kick off in the second half. Milcho Yurukov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Beslimov in the 55th minute of the match. FC Hamer's Milcho Yurukov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save FC Hamer from getting a goal against them. Radostin Koprivlenski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iliyan Vúlchovski in the 63rd minute of play. In the 64th minute, Ventzislav Mikov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Hamer fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. 71 minutes into the game, Elin Sarafski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Milcho Yurukov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Daniel Beslimov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Milcho Yurukov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Milcho Yurukov was out of position in the 84 minute of play, and Daniel Beslimov capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Daniel Beslimov really showed his touch with that goal: 2-4. A collision led to FC Hamer getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Elenko Prúchkov hit a great ball. 92 minutes in the game, Daniel Beslimov dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Daniel Beslimov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. FC Lyakhovo's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.