Cup2 Stadium
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121,
Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Cup2's Tzanko Papukchiev started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lazar Benatov in the 4th minute of play forced Cup2's goalkeeper Karl-Michael Hjeltman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Iskren Nikolchov fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cup2's protests and gave Iskren Nikolchov a yellow card for diving instead. In the 9th minute, Iskren Nikolchov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Trayan Kavalov's late challenge caught a Laziali's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Trayan Kavalov helped the player get up and apologised. After 15 played minutes Cup2 got a freekick which was hit by Trayan Kavalov. Karl-Michael Hjeltman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tencho Mihalev, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Laziali's Nikola Drinov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Laziali from getting a goal against them. In the 24th minute, Stoyan Gyuzelev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Laziali's Nikola Drinov got control of the ball when Galin Hadzhiyski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nikola Drinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tzanko Papukchiev in the 29th minute of play. Karl-Michael Hjeltman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hristofor Ikonomov in the 33rd minute of play. In the 34th match minute, Cup2 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iskren Nikolchov to maneuver through the defense. In the 35th minute, Vaklin Zhablyanov 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. When Martin Ødegaard fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cup2's protests and gave Martin Ødegaard a yellow card for diving instead. Naum Mentov took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Karl-Michael Hjeltman. Karl-Michael Hjeltman 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. In the 44th match minute, Cup2 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iskren Nikolchov to maneuver through the defense.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vaklin Zhablyanov made a kick off. Karl-Michael Hjeltman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hristofor Ikonomov in the 50th minute. In the 52nd minute, Naum Mentov 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. Laziali's Nikola Drinov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valeri Hadzhisotirov in the 54th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hristofor Ikonomov in the 58th minute of play forced Cup2's goalkeeper Karl-Michael Hjeltman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With 60 minutes on the clock, Argir Tishinov commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Cup2 made a substitution. Antoan Tzalov replaced Valeri Hadzhisotirov. In the 60th minute, one of Cup2:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Cup2. Cup2's Karl-Michael Hjeltman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Naum Mentov in the 67th minute of play. Laziali were awarded a corner in the 69th minute after Cup2's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Rostislav Filchovski took the corner. A well done corner resulted in Hristofor Ikonomov drilling the ball in to score 0-4 behind Cup2's goalkeeper. The supporters of Laziali booed when Cup2 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Martin Ødegaard didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Naum Mentov came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Laziali 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 Naum Mentov couldn't finish the play. In the 75th minute Tencho Mihalev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Michael Hjeltman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hristofor Ikonomov succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-5 in the 76th playminute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tencho Mihalev in the 81st minute of play forced Cup2's goalkeeper Karl-Michael Hjeltman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karl-Michael Hjeltman made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Vaklin Zhablyanov sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Cup2's Karl-Michael Hjeltman got control of the ball when Vaklin Zhablyanov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Karl-Michael Hjeltman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Naum Mentov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the game, Hristofor Ikonomov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Karl-Michael Hjeltman was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Karl-Michael Hjeltman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hristofor Ikonomov in the 95th minute. When the match was over Laziali could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Cup2 throughout the match.
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