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Стадион Георги Бенко
Spectators: 6757 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 5) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vlado Palchev got the match started through his kick off. Martin Dragiev came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by AXI's Subin Dechkov. But to his dismay, Subin Dechkov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After some careless play in the AXI defense, Rumen Ralinov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zhelyo Mitov. The AXI fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zhelyo Mitov should have stopped the shot. In the 13th minute, one of AXI: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 AXI. 17 minutes into the match, AXI's goal looked a bit too open when Severin Chachulov came free, but Zhelyo Mitov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute, Adam Yolovski made a precise shot to the right of Martin Dragiev. Benkovski 1915's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. In the 24th minute, Vlado Palchev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AXI fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. The supporters of Benkovski 1915 booed when AXI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Traycho Kalchevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Benkovski 1915's Nedyalko Tzerovski quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Traycho Kalchevski, made in the 31st minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vlado Palchev in the 35th minute of play forced Benkovski 1915's goalkeeper Martin Dragiev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The throw-in from Strahil Karabadzhakov in the 37th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Benkovski 1915's Vanko Muratovski. In the 41stth minute of the game Vlado Palchev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Benkovski 1915's Martin Dragiev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Strahil Karabadzhakov made in the 43rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Benkovski 1915's Vanko Muratovski. Vlado Palchev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 48th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rumen Ralinov to make the kick off. In the 56th match minute, Benkovski 1915 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nedyalko Tzerovski to maneuver through the defense. Martin Dragiev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evlogi Palashev, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. A collision led to Benkovski 1915 getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Tzvetoslav Malkovski hit a great ball. 67 minutes into the match, Benkovski 1915's goal looked a bit too open when Vlado Palchev came free, but Martin Dragiev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Severin Chachulov kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. In the 70th match minute, AXI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damian Ehrenbolger to maneuver through the defense. Subin Dechkov came free with the goalkeeper in the 74th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Martin Dragiev could save by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vlado Palchev in the 75th minute of play forced Benkovski 1915's goalkeeper Martin Dragiev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Strahil Karabadzhakov in the 77th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Benkovski 1915's Severin Chachulov. Martin Dragiev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vlado Palchev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 81 minutes in the game Traycho Kalchevski did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Vlado Palchev. Martin Dragiev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vlado Palchev in the 82nd minute of the match. The supporters of AXI booed when Benkovski 1915 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Severin Chachulov didn't get a good kick on the ball. AXI's Panait Neculce got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 87 played minutes Benkovski 1915 got a freekick which was hit by Rumen Ralinov. Benkovski 1915's defense didn't have a chance, in the 93rd minute, when Vlado Palchev scored to the left of an out of position Martin Dragiev, making the score, 1-5. In the 96th play minute Adam Yolovski came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Martin Dragiev. 1-6. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. AXI had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.