Cup2 Stadium
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120,
Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Tzanko Papukchiev started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, Cup2's Trayan Kavalov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Stayko Kalugerov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Trayan Kavalov came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Cup2 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 Trayan Kavalov couldn't finish the play. Cup2's Karl-Michael Hjeltman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paul Romeo in the 9th minute of play. Tzanko Papukchiev hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Botev Plovdiv 1912's Stayko Kalugerov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Botev Plovdiv 1912 from getting a goal against them. Through an outstanding action, after 11 minutes, Stayko Kalugerov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. William Saliba hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. 18 minutes into the match, Cup2's goal looked a bit too open when Vasil Shterionov came free, but Karl-Michael Hjeltman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Botev Plovdiv 1912's Stayko Kalugerov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valeri Hadzhisotirov in the 21st minute of play. Karl-Michael Hjeltman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paul Romeo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tzanko Papukchiev's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stayko Kalugerov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 23rd minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Botev Plovdiv 1912's goal looked a bit too open when Tzanko Papukchiev came free, but Stayko Kalugerov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tzanko Papukchiev got free with Stayko Kalugerov in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stayko Kalugerov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Ødegaard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paul Romeo kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Stayko Kalugerov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tzanko Papukchiev in the 43rd minute of play. Argir Tishinov kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.
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. 52 minutes into the match, Botev Plovdiv 1912's goal looked a bit too open when Trayan Kavalov came free, but Stayko Kalugerov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 53rd minute, Bratan Vladikov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Tzanko Papukchiev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stayko Kalugerov was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Stayko Kalugerov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Ødegaard in the 60th minute of the match. Stayko Kalugerov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Ødegaard, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. With a little luck, Cup2's Karl-Michael Hjeltman got control of the ball when Ognyan Filipov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Stayko Kalugerov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valeri Hadzhisotirov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Vasil Shterionov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Karl-Michael Hjeltman. That made the score 2-1 in the 66 minute of play. Stayko Kalugerov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tzanko Papukchiev's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. Karl-Michael Hjeltman had great luck who in the 72ndth minute grab hold of the ball when Paul Romeo from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 73rd minute Tzanko Papukchiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stayko Kalugerov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stayko Kalugerov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Ødegaard in the 75th minute of the match. Botev Plovdiv 1912's Stayko Kalugerov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tzanko Papukchiev in the 78th minute of play. In the 79th minute Tzanko Papukchiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stayko Kalugerov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 80th minute, Valeri Hadzhisotirov made a precise shot to the right of Stayko Kalugerov. Botev Plovdiv 1912's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Karl-Michael Hjeltman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paul Romeo in the 85th minute of play. Stayko Kalugerov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tzanko Papukchiev went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. In the 90th minute, Valeri Hadzhisotirov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stayko Kalugerov was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. Stayko Kalugerov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tzanko Papukchiev in the 93rd minute of the match. In the 94th match minute, Botev Plovdiv 1912 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paul Romeo to maneuver through the defense. Cup2's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.
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