Official Cup

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 171 (Terracing: 129, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zhelyo Tzingilev kicked off to start the match. In the 5th minute Valentin Gúrkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grisha Rakitski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Boyan Yonov fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pryaporets's protests and gave Boyan Yonov a yellow card for diving instead. Boyan Yonov hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. In the 8th minute, Neno Magerov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Krasimir Gradishki was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Grisha Rakitski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Huben Simchev in the 21st minute. Krasimir Gradishki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Boycho Zhilev, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Krasimir Gradishki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tzeno Berovski in the 28th minute of play. When the match clock showed 28 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Tzeno Berovski sped through Pryaporets's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Krasimir Gradishki. Huben Simchev kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. In the 39th minute Mihail Opúlchenski suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Huben Simchev's late challenge caught a MANCHESTER UNITED's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Huben Simchev helped the player get up and apologised. MANCHESTER UNITED made a substitution. Velko Orachev replaced Mihail Opúlchenski. After a rather tough play, Pryaporets's Huben Simchev got a free kick in the 41st minute. After a rather tough play, MANCHESTER UNITED's Trayko Slavinski got a free kick in the 46th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Neno Magerov made a kick off. 58 minutes into the match, Pryaporets's goalkeeper Krasimir Gradishki had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tzeno Berovski. MANCHESTER UNITED's Grisha Rakitski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhelyo Tzingilev in the 63rd minute of play. After 68 played minutes MANCHESTER UNITED got a freekick which was hit by Albert Buhlev. Zhelyo Tzingilev scored 1-3 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Grisha Rakitski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Pryaporets's Krasimir Gradishki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albert Buhlev in the 77th minute of play. Grisha Rakitski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Huben Simchev, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. After having played for 88 minutes, Huben Simchev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pryaporets's supporters crossed their fingers, but Huben Simchev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 89 played minutes MANCHESTER UNITED got a freekick which was hit by Velko Orachev. Neno Magerov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Krasimir Gradishki made a huge save. When Antoni Kotov fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pryaporets's protests and gave Antoni Kotov a yellow card for diving instead. MANCHESTER UNITED played a much better game than Pryaporets and deserved their victory. The Pryaporets players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.