Official Cup

The Bistritsa Jungle
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Oskar Lindqvist started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute Vladislav Hanúmov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keilor Navas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 6 minutes of play, FC Kyustendil's Oskar Lindqvist made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lazar Stanoev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tigers of Bistritsa's Lazar Stanoev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Martines in the 10th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Lautaro Martines's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lazar Stanoev was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Lautaro Martines struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Lazar Stanoev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Kyustendil. Lazar Stanoev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oskar Lindqvist in the 17th minute of play. 19 minutes into the game, Nikolay Hambarski threw the ball into play from the sideline. FC Kyustendil's Raul Pacios quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The supporters of FC Kyustendil booed when Tigers of Bistritsa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tzvetomir Bostandzhiev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lautaro Martines might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lazar Stanoev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lautaro Martines ran back to his position shaking his head. After 30 minutes of play, FC Kyustendil's Oskar Lindqvist made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lazar Stanoev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lazar Stanoev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oskar Lindqvist in the 33rd minute of the match. 35 minutes into the match, Tigers of Bistritsa's goal looked a bit too open when Oskar Lindqvist came free, but Lazar Stanoev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37thth minute of the game Lautaro Martines who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tigers of Bistritsa's Lazar Stanoev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to FC Kyustendil getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Lu Ling hit a great ball. 40 minutes into the match, Tzocho Terziyanov sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Keilor Navas threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Tzocho Terziyanov this time. Keilor Navas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Asparuh Bubov in the 46th minute. When the match had gone on for 47 minutes, Lautaro Martines put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Lazar Stanoev.

Prodan Elenski hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Tigers of Bistritsa defense, Lautaro Martines kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lazar Stanoev. The Tigers of Bistritsa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lazar Stanoev should have stopped the shot. Lazar Stanoev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hendro Alexander went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. 75 minutes into the match, Tzvetan Stanchev notched a goal, 1-7, to the right of FC Kyustendil's Keilor Navas. Keilor Navas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Lautaro Martines had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a defensive mix-up in Tigers of Bistritsa's zone, Hendro Alexander stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lazar Stanoev came out of the goal and Hendro Alexander tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Lautaro Martines managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Kyustendil's supporters rose to their feet, but Lautaro Martines was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lazar Stanoev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 93 minutes into the game, Tzvetomir Bostandzhiev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tigers of Bistritsa's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Kyustendil the free kick. In the 94th match minute, Tigers of Bistritsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tzvetomir Bostandzhiev to maneuver through the defense. Panayot Salabashev was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 95th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Keilor Navas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Prodan Elenski in the 97th minute of the match. FC Kyustendil's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.