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Paisievo
Spectators: 6747 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Milyo Konovski kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Gencho Patrashkov notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FC Paisievo's Nedelcho Tronchev. Nedelcho Tronchev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Milyo Konovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Nedelcho Tronchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nedelcho Tronchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Milyo Konovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. The audience was convinced that Milyo Konovski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nedelcho Tronchev was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. If Zlatin Bosakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vencho Marvakov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zlatin Bosakov in the 22nd minute of play. Nedelcho Tronchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolay Vatzev in the 25th minute of the match. Milyo Konovski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nedelcho Tronchev having to make a save. After recieving a nice pass, Softite's Doychin Bratoev tried to score from far away in the 29th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Milyo Konovski took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nedelcho Tronchev. Nedelcho Tronchev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. The supporters of FC Paisievo booed when Softite was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gencho Patrashkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nedelcho Tronchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Milyo Konovski in the 35th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in FC Paisievo's zone, Gencho Patrashkov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nedelcho Tronchev came out of the goal and Gencho Patrashkov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zlatin Bosakov to make the kick off. With a little luck, FC Paisievo's Nedelcho Tronchev got control of the ball when Gencho Patrashkov tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 57 minutes, Nikolay Vatzev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Softite and the FC Paisievo players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Softite getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Nikolay Vatzev hit a great ball. After 60 minutes Softite's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Boncho Dzhankov who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on FC Paisievo's corner Boncho Dzhankov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Vencho Marvakov quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zlatin Bosakov in the 63rd minute of play forced Softite's goalkeeper Vencho Marvakov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of FC Paisievo booed when Softite was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anko Kotov didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Milyo Konovski in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nedelcho Tronchev saved FC Paisievo from getting behind. Gencho Patrashkov might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nedelcho Tronchev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gencho Patrashkov ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 78th minute, Iskren Brúzitzov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vencho Marvakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zlatin Bosakov in the 80th minute of the match. Emanuil Vezirski's late challenge caught a Softite's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emanuil Vezirski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 82nd minute, one of FC Paisievo:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC Paisievo. When the match had been going on for 84 minutes, Softite's Doychin Bratoev got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Nedelcho Tronchev. After having played for 88 minutes, Gencho Patrashkov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Softite's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gencho Patrashkov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Milyo Konovski, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 90 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Nedelcho Tronchev was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. In the 92nd minute Milyo Konovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nedelcho Tronchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Softite played a much better game than FC Paisievo and deserved their victory. The FC Paisievo players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.