League

Bruljanica Stadion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Bruljanica's Antoan Búrzachki 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. The supporters of Assenovgrade booed when Bruljanica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manol Dzhumayski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dragan Ahtarov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tzonyo Sinadinski in the 6th minute of the match. Gancho Darakchiev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dobromir Chechev in the 7th minute. A collision led to Assenovgrade getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Slaveyko Totomanov hit a great ball. Tzonyo Sinadinski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Iliya Klenov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dragan Ahtarov having to interfere. Antoan Búrzachki hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Assenovgrade defense, Dobromir Chechev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gancho Darakchiev. The Assenovgrade fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gancho Darakchiev should have stopped the shot. Antoan Búrzachki fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gancho Darakchiev having to interfere. The supporters of Bruljanica booed when Assenovgrade was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Blagoy Brúzitzov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Bruljanica's Manol Dzhumayski got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Gancho Darakchiev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antoan Búrzachki in the 35th minute of play. The Bruljanica fans' excitement grew in the 40th match minute when Bruljanica's Antoan Búrzachki looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Assenovgrade's Gancho Darakchiev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antoan Búrzachki in the 44th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Iliya Klenov made the kick off in the second half. Iliya Klenov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dobromir Chechev in the 60th minute of play forced Assenovgrade's goalkeeper Gancho Darakchiev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manol Dzhumayski got his second yellow card in the match during the 64th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Manol Dzhumayski hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Dragan Ahtarov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iliya Klenov, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. In the 74th minute, Antoan Búrzachki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 75th minute, Dancho Piralkov sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Bruljanica's Dragan Ahtarov didn't even have to move. If Dobromir Chechev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Dobromir Chechev came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Bruljanica fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Dobromir Chechev couldn't finish the play. In the 86th minute Simo Doykin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gancho Darakchiev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Dobromir Chechev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bruljanica's supporters rose to their feet, but Dobromir Chechev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gancho Darakchiev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Antoan Búrzachki managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bruljanica's supporters rose to their feet, but Antoan Búrzachki was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gancho Darakchiev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Dobromir Chechev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Gancho Darakchiev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Lyudmil Bitolski came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Bruljanica fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lyudmil Bitolski couldn't finish the play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Bruljanica had played much better football throughout.