League

Highbury
Spectators: 7210 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1450, VIP seats: 0) BALZENA's Ingars Batarags 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. Ingars Batarags fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Grisha Karagyulev having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bratan Bechev in the 12th minute of play forced BALZENA's goalkeeper Genadi Tetevenski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mario Gramenov kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. If Bratan Bechev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Grozdan Denkov put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Genadi Tetevenski. After 27 minutes of play, CSKA Dragostin's Milyo Stumbov made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Genadi Tetevenski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Genadi Tetevenski came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by CSKA Dragostin's Bratan Bechev. But to his dismay, Bratan Bechev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 39th minute, Grozdan Denkov made a precise shot to the right of Genadi Tetevenski. BALZENA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. 42 minutes into the match, CSKA Dragostin's Grozdan Denkov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Genadi Tetevenski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Grozdan Denkov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Grozdan Denkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Genadi Tetevenski having to interfere. In the 54th minute, CSKA Dragostin's Vergil Marchokov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. Milyo Stumbov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Genadi Tetevenski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Grisha Karagyulev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikola Velev in the 60th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as CSKA Dragostin's Grozdan Denkov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Genadi Tetevenski. That made the score 0-6 after 63 minutes of play. Genadi Tetevenski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bratan Bechev in the 72nd minute. The CSKA Dragostin fans' excitement grew in the 75th match minute when CSKA Dragostin's Bratan Bechev 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 0-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. BALZENA's Genadi Tetevenski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save BALZENA from getting a goal against them. Grozdan Denkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Genadi Tetevenski having to interfere. 88 minutes into the match, BALZENA's Nikola Velev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Grisha Karagyulev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, CSKA Dragostin's Ignat Delov got a free kick in the 89th minute. A collision led to BALZENA getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Mario Gramenov hit a great ball. Arhangel Savelev kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. The BALZENA fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. CSKA Dragostin were clearly better and deserved to take the win.