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Tipchenitsa
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Stoyan Partalev made the kick off which started today's match. In the 6th minute John-David Naulet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mladen Zvezdanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Parvan Saparev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teofan Punchev, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. John-David Naulet blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mladen Zvezdanov having to make a save. Stoyan Partalev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Parvan Saparev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sevdalin Kirovski kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. АС Сент Етиен's Mladen Zvezdanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by John-David Naulet in the 18th minute of play. Parvan Saparev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teofan Punchev in the 19th minute of the match. John-David Naulet was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 22nd minute. Сеславци's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Mladen Zvezdanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from John-David Naulet in the 22nd minute of the match. Сеславци's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Grigor Srúndev in the 24th minute. The corner ended in Grigor Srúndev almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but АС Сент Етиен's Mladen Zvezdanov did a great save. After having played for 26 minutes, Trayan Sivkov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Сеславци's supporters crossed their fingers, but Trayan Sivkov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 31 minutes into the match, Сеславци's goal looked a bit too open when Teofan Punchev came free, but Parvan Saparev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 34 minutes of play, Сеславци's Trayan Sivkov made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mladen Zvezdanov was left in no man's land by his defense there! John-David Naulet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Mladen Zvezdanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Mladen Zvezdanov managed to avoid a goal in the 41stth minute, when Сеславци's Trayan Sivkov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 44 minutes into the match, АС Сент Етиен's goal looked a bit too open when Trayan Sivkov came free, but Mladen Zvezdanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45thth minute of the game John-David Naulet who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but АС Сент Етиен's Mladen Zvezdanov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell John-David Naulet to make the kick off. Mladen Zvezdanov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from John-David Naulet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 53rd minute, John-David Naulet left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Сеславци fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Сеславци's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Grigor Srúndev in the 58th minute. 67 minutes into the game, Trayan Sivkov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Mladen Zvezdanov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Сеславци's Romeo Audrain was substituted for John-David Naulet. In the 75th minute Trayan Sivkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mladen Zvezdanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trayan Sivkov in the 89th minute of play forced АС Сент Етиен's goalkeeper Mladen Zvezdanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th minute Romeo Audrain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mladen Zvezdanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 94 minutes, Martin Nyagulov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the АС Сент Етиен and the Сеславци players grew even worse after the yellow card. Albert Fezliyski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Сеславци had played much better football throughout.