League

Starosselzi Stadion
Spectators: 7640 (Terracing: 5731, Seating: 1757, VIP seats: 152) Bone Bikovski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a defensive mix-up in Soldiers's zone, Bone Bikovski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tzocho Beloev came out of the goal and Bone Bikovski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Yonko Nizamski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tzocho Beloev having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Denko Siderov got free with Gabriel Krahtov in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 15 minutes in the game, Denko Siderov fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Gabriel Krahtov having to interfere. Tzocho Beloev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bone Bikovski in the 24th minute of the match. Borimir Kútov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Gabriel Krahtov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bone Bikovski struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Tzocho Beloev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Lyesichevo. Yonko Nizamski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tzocho Beloev having to interfere. Yonko Nizamski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Denko Siderov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Gabriel Krahtov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bone Bikovski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Borimir Kútov to make the kick off. Tinko Dinov kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. In the 56th minute, Martin Vergiev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tzocho Beloev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bone Bikovski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 62 minutes into the game, Asparuh Konsulov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Soldiers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Lyesichevo the free kick. Asparuh Konsulov hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, FC Lyesichevo's Denko Inkov tried to score from far away in the 63rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Yonko Nizamski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Tzocho Beloev made a huge save. Tzocho Beloev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bone Bikovski in the 66th minute of the match. When Bone Bikovski came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the FC Lyesichevo 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 Bone Bikovski couldn't finish the play. Borimir Kútov took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gabriel Krahtov. Gabriel Krahtov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Asparuh Konsulov got his second yellow card in the match during the 85th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 86th minute, Asparuh Konsulov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, FC Lyesichevo's Denko Inkov tried to score from far away in the 87th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Tzocho Beloev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bone Bikovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Yonko Nizamski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bone Bikovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tzocho Beloev having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yonko Nizamski got free with Tzocho Beloev in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 96 minutes, Bone Bikovski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Lyesichevo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bone Bikovski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The Soldiers support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.