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Klissoura Stadion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bilyan Balov got the match started through his kick off. The audience was convinced that Bilyan Balov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Grisha Botusharov was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Grisha Botusharov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Donyo Kermov went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Donyo Kermov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Grisha Botusharov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Grisha Botusharov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bilyan Balov's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Bilyan Balov hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Bilyan Balov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Grisha Botusharov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lyubcho Gruykin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Genadi Choevski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Grisha Botusharov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bilyan Balov's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. 30 minutes into the game, Luvovete Plovdiv's Donyo Kermov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Grisha Botusharov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Donyo Kermov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Grisha Botusharov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 36 minutes into the match, Bilyan Balov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Grisha Botusharov. Klissoura's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bilyan Balov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After a defensive mix-up in Klissoura's zone, Bilyan Balov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Grisha Botusharov came out of the goal and Bilyan Balov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Bilyan Balov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Grisha Botusharov was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Bilyan Balov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Grisha Botusharov having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lyubcho Gruykin to strike the kick off in the second half. Donyo Kermov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Grisha Botusharov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Andrey Rakov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Lyubcho Gruykin fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Klissoura's protests and gave Lyubcho Gruykin a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Luvovete Plovdiv booed when Klissoura was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lyubcho Gruykin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Donyo Kermov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Grisha Botusharov having to interfere. Lyubcho Gruykin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 66th minute, Rumen Mantov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 68 minutes, Andrey Rakov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Luvovete Plovdiv's supporters crossed their fingers, but Andrey Rakov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Grisha Botusharov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donyo Kermov in the 72nd minute of play. Luvovete Plovdiv's Donyo Kermov got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Slavi Orachev kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bilyan Balov in the 84th minute of play forced Klissoura's goalkeeper Grisha Botusharov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Grisha Botusharov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bilyan Balov in the 89th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Luvovete Plovdiv's Donyo Kermov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Grisha Botusharov. That made the score 0-5 after 93 minutes of play. Luvovete Plovdiv's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.