League

Sarudzha Stadion
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zhelyazko Shumarov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Sarudzha's Penyo Gusiyski got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Paun Manolkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Ivaylo Hadzhililov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yanek Zurlev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Ivaylo Hadzhililov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 11th minute, Penyo Gusiyski got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Dancho Stanchev came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by Sarudzha's Penyo Gusiyski. But to his dismay, Penyo Gusiyski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. A collision led to Dvijadovco getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Tzvyatko Klinchev hit a great ball. Ivaylo Hadzhililov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paun Manolkov in the 24th minute of the match. Penyo Gusiyski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dancho Stanchev having to make a save. When the match clock showed 30 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Penyo Gusiyski sped through Dvijadovco's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dancho Stanchev. After 34 played minutes, Dvijadovco's Vasko Mahalnishki shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ivaylo Hadzhililov came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Dvijadovco reached it. 37 minutes into the match, Sarudzha's Zhelyazko Shumarov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dancho Stanchev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Rusi Grozev's late challenge caught a Sarudzha's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rusi Grozev helped the player get up and apologised. Zhelyazko Shumarov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dancho Stanchev having to interfere. If Zhelyazko Shumarov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Penyo Gusiyski who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 47thth minute tested the skills of Dancho Stanchev when he managed to save the team from getting behind. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Paun Manolkov made a kick off. Ivaylo Hadzhililov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paun Manolkov in the 53rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhelyazko Shumarov in the 55th minute of play forced Dvijadovco's goalkeeper Dancho Stanchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhelyazko Shumarov in the 56th minute of play forced Dvijadovco's goalkeeper Dancho Stanchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dancho Stanchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zhelyazko Shumarov in the 61st minute of the match. Ivaylo Hadzhililov made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Yanek Zurlev sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Sarudzha's Ivaylo Hadzhililov got control of the ball when Paun Manolkov tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Sarudzha's Zhelyazko Shumarov in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Dvijadovco's goalie prevented a goal. After 76 minutes, Antoan Kortov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sarudzha and the Dvijadovco players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Sarudzha getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Antoan Kortov hit a great ball. If Penyo Gusiyski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Penyo Gusiyski 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. 91 minutes into the match, Dvijadovco's goal looked a bit too open when Zhelyazko Shumarov came free, but Dancho Stanchev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Penyo Gusiyski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Dancho Stanchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 97th minute, Yanek Zurlev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ivaylo Hadzhililov was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Sarudzha had won after a very even match.