Boston 72 Garden
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664,
Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) After 3 minutes, Nurtekin Merdan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine and the Botev Plovdiv 1912 players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Nurtekin Merdan hit a great ball. 6 minutes into the game, B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's Aybek Selil nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stayko Kalugerov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Stayko Kalugerov was out of position in the 10 minute of play, and Aybek Selil capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Aybek Selil really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. In the 13th match minute, Botev Plovdiv 1912 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Doychin Penelov to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Botev Plovdiv 1912 getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Bilyan Sapunarov hit a great ball. Botev Plovdiv 1912's Stayko Kalugerov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nurtekin Merdan in the 14th minute of play. B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's Eser Dede got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Stayko Kalugerov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aybek Selil in the 18th minute of play. Stayko Kalugerov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eser Dede in the 20th minute. Stayko Kalugerov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nurtekin Merdan in the 22nd minute of the match. Stayko Kalugerov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aybek Selil, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Peker Baycan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bratan Vladikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Akgün Yay hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Peker Baycan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Doychin Penelov, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Aybek Selils short, quick shot in the 30thth minute got Stayko Kalugerov to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. During the 31st minute of the match Nurtekin Merdan completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Nurtekin Merdan a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Peker Baycan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ognyan Filipov in the 34th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aybek Selil got free with Stayko Kalugerov in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 40 minutes into the game, one of Botev Plovdiv 1912:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Botev Plovdiv 1912:s Stayko Kalugerov showed great skill when he stopped Aybek Selil:s penalty. Stayko Kalugerov came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's Aybek Selil. But to his dismay, Aybek Selil quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind Botev Plovdiv 1912's goalkeeper Stayko Kalugerov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Paul Romeo was the one to do the kick off. Eser Dede sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Antonio Dryankov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Peker Baycan having to interfere. Eser Dede recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Eser Dede's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stayko Kalugerov was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Aybek Selil in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Stayko Kalugerov saved Botev Plovdiv 1912 from getting behind. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by Botev Plovdiv 1912's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aybek Selil was slow to take the kick. During this time B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aybek Selil in the 62nd minute of play forced Botev Plovdiv 1912's goalkeeper Stayko Kalugerov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Aybek Selil came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine 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 Aybek Selil couldn't finish the play. When Antonio Dryankov fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Botev Plovdiv 1912's protests and gave Antonio Dryankov a yellow card for diving instead. Antonio Dryankov hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Stayko Kalugerov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aybek Selil in the 71st minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, Eser Dede had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stayko Kalugerov. Botev Plovdiv 1912's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eser Dede was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. In the 77th minute Paul Romeo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peker Baycan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 84 minutes into the match, Botev Plovdiv 1912's goal looked a bit too open when Eser Dede came free, but Stayko Kalugerov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Peker Baycan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paul Romeo went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aybek Selil in the 91st minute of play forced Botev Plovdiv 1912's goalkeeper Stayko Kalugerov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Rahim İmge hit a great ball. Botev Plovdiv 1912's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.
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