League

Hamer Arena
Spectators: 7706 (Terracing: 5781, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) FC Dunav Ruse's Metodi Temelakiev 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. Gencho Tzokev scored 0-1 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Milcho Yurukov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. FC Hamer's Milcho Yurukov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dobromir Alandzhiyski in the 9th minute of play. In the 10th minute Dobromir Alandzhiyski 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. Milcho Yurukov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Metodi Temelakiev's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Metodi Temelakiev in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Milcho Yurukov saved FC Hamer from getting behind. Elenko Prúchkov kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Iliyan Vúlchovski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Gencho Tzokev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Milcho Yurukov was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. Milcho Yurukov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Metodi Temelakiev in the 21st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Metodi Temelakiev in the 24th minute of play forced FC Hamer's goalkeeper Milcho Yurukov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Raycho Kalchishkov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Veselin Luchev in the 27th minute. Toma Hinev hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Milcho Yurukov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Metodi Temelakiev in the 37th minute of the match. When FC Dunav Ruse's Dobromir Alandzhiyski in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Hamer's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Metodi Temelakiev in the 39th minute of play forced FC Hamer's goalkeeper Milcho Yurukov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to FC Hamer getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Iliyan Vúlchovski hit a great ball. FC Hamer's Milcho Yurukov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Metodi Temelakiev in the 46th minute of play. In the 47th minute Vasil Kalpakchiev 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ventzislav Mikov was the one to do the kick off. When FC Dunav Ruse's Metodi Temelakiev in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Hamer's goalie prevented a goal. With his leg Milcho Yurukov managed to avoid a goal in the 55thth minute, when FC Dunav Ruse's Dobromir Alandzhiyski fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Galin Bratovanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. FC Hamer's Milcho Yurukov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save FC Hamer from getting a goal against them. The supporters of FC Dunav Ruse booed when FC Hamer was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iliyan Vúlchovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vasil Kalpakchiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Milcho Yurukov having to interfere. In the 68th minute, FC Dunav Ruse's Metodi Temelakiev ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Milcho Yurukov. Milcho Yurukov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. An unexpected shot in the 71st minute by Metodi Temelakiev got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The audience was convinced that Metodi Temelakiev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Milcho Yurukov was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Raycho Kalchishkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elenko Prúchkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. After 76 played minutes Galin Bratovanov rounded FC Hamer's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-3. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Metodi Temelakiev in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Milcho Yurukov saved FC Hamer from getting behind. After having played for 83 minutes, Dobromir Alandzhiyski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Dunav Ruse's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dobromir Alandzhiyski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 86th minute, Dobromir Alandzhiyski made a precise shot to the right of Milcho Yurukov. FC Hamer's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Iliyan Vúlchovski hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. After 92 minutes of play, FC Hamer's Ventzislav Mikov made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raycho Kalchishkov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Raycho Kalchishkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elenko Prúchkov in the 96th minute of the match. When the match was over FC Dunav Ruse could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC Hamer throughout the match.