League

Chukarevo
Spectators: 7453 (Terracing: 5670, Seating: 1738, VIP seats: 45) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Anani Kazashki took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in FC Bankowzi's zone, Naycho Vakarelov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anani Dragunchev came out of the goal and Naycho Vakarelov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of ФК Скрита сила booed when FC Bankowzi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anani Kazashki didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Ilko Tarandzhiyski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anani Dragunchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Naycho Vakarelov in the 18th minute of play. A collision led to FC Bankowzi getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Bogdan Kralev hit a great ball. Ilko Tarandzhiyski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anani Dragunchev having to interfere. After 29 minutes, Antonio Gugovski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ФК Скрита сила and the FC Bankowzi players grew even worse after the yellow card. Naycho Vakarelov was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 33rd minute. ФК Скрита сила's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Anani Kazashki recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in ФК Скрита сила's zone, Anani Kazashki stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emanuil Gurkov came out of the goal and Anani Kazashki tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Naycho Vakarelov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Naycho Vakarelov notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of FC Bankowzi's Anani Dragunchev. Anani Dragunchev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Anani Kazashki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mladen Kyuvliev received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Emanuil Gurkov came out and tried to block the shot, but Mladen Kyuvliev slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 64th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Anani Kazashki managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Bankowzi's supporters rose to their feet, but Anani Kazashki was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emanuil Gurkov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 70th minute Naycho Vakarelov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anani Dragunchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Naycho Vakarelov came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the ФК Скрита сила 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 Naycho Vakarelov couldn't finish the play. Ilko Tarandzhiyski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anani Dragunchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ilko Tarandzhiyski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th match minute, ФК Скрита сила was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kuzman Tzakov to maneuver through the defense. Anani Kazashki fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emanuil Gurkov having to interfere. 97 minutes into the match, Ilko Tarandzhiyski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anani Dragunchev. FC Bankowzi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ilko Tarandzhiyski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. The ФК Скрита сила support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.