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Gorublene Stadion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Stanislav Derlipanski kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Bokhova booed when CSKA Gorublene was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vesko Bliznakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Krasimir Hinev took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 9th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Alexi Gospodinov. CSKA Gorublene's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in CSKA Gorublene's zone, Stanislav Derlipanski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alexi Gospodinov came out of the goal and Stanislav Derlipanski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 14th minute, Gerasim Kabatliev got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stanislav Derlipanski in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alexi Gospodinov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Velcho Torolov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Velizar Krulev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Milko Kopanarov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 22 played minutes CSKA Gorublene got a freekick which was hit by Omurtag Suvandzhiev. In the 24th minute, Yoan Chavorin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in CSKA Gorublene's zone, Yoan Chavorin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alexi Gospodinov came out of the goal and Yoan Chavorin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stanislav Derlipanski in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alexi Gospodinov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Stanislav Derlipanski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bokhova's supporters rose to their feet, but Stanislav Derlipanski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alexi Gospodinov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Stanislav Derlipanski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stanislav Derlipanski took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alexi Gospodinov. Alexi Gospodinov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. The CSKA Gorublene players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Bokhova were winning 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Velizar Krulev to make the kick off. Yoan Chavorin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Alexi Gospodinov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to CSKA Gorublene getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Vesko Bliznakov hit a great ball. Yoan Chavorin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexi Gospodinov having to interfere. Velcho Torolov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Milko Kopanarov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 63 minutes, Velizar Krulev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CSKA Gorublene's supporters crossed their fingers, but Velizar Krulev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Stoycho Gushev hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Milko Kopanarov came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by CSKA Gorublene's Velcho Torolov. But to his dismay, Velcho Torolov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. 72 minutes into the match, Velizar Krulev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Milko Kopanarov. Bokhova's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Velizar Krulev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Milko Kopanarov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Velizar Krulev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute Velcho Torolov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Milko Kopanarov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yoan Chavorin scored 2-2 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alexi Gospodinov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bokhova were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.