League

Metudova Stadion
Spectators: 6745 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1745, VIP seats: 0) Karamfil Chandrev made the kick off and thus started the match. After a rather tough play, Metudova's Tzvetelin Kúrdzhilov got a free kick in the 8th minute. After having played for 13 minutes, Nasko Tonchev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CSKA SOFIA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nasko Tonchev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Adam Alexandriyski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nasko Tonchev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adam Alexandriyski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nasko Tonchev, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. In the 24th minute Krasen Mankov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adam Alexandriyski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 30 minutes into the game, CSKA SOFIA's Nasko Tonchev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Adam Alexandriyski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 32nd minute, Stanoy Protogerov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 34 minutes of play, CSKA SOFIA's Stoyo Marashliev made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adam Alexandriyski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Adam Alexandriyski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miroslav Lalovski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. CSKA SOFIA's Nasko Tonchev got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nasko Tonchev to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Metudova's zone, Stoyo Marashliev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adam Alexandriyski came out of the goal and Stoyo Marashliev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Nasko Tonchev came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the CSKA SOFIA 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 Nasko Tonchev couldn't finish the play. The long shot by Stoyo Marashliev in the 60th minute really tested Adam Alexandriyski's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. The audience was convinced that Nasko Tonchev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adam Alexandriyski was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Adam Alexandriyski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nasko Tonchev in the 65th minute of the match. Stoyo Marashliev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adam Alexandriyski having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nasko Tonchev in the 71st minute of play forced Metudova's goalkeeper Adam Alexandriyski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nasko Tonchev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Adam Alexandriyski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Krasen Mankov in the 77th minute of the match. If Karamfil Chandrev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Miro Gulyashki's late challenge caught a Metudova's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miro Gulyashki helped the player get up and apologised. Miro Gulyashki kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanoy Protogerov in the 85th minute of play forced CSKA SOFIA's goalkeeper Krum Eftimov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the game, Nasko Tonchev recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Adam Alexandriyski. Nasko Tonchev showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. After having played for 96 minutes, Nasko Tonchev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CSKA SOFIA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nasko Tonchev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The Metudova fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. CSKA SOFIA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.