Official Cup

The wings of success
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Benislav Bozov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. If Detelin Borkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Naycho Strashilov charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Naycho Strashilov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of FC Builder Sofia booed when SPARROWS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Naycho Strashilov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Slavey Alamanov hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Adrian Milevski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Detelin Borkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benislav Bozov in the 16th minute of play forced FC Builder Sofia's goalkeeper Emil Filev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vesko Kanin's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Emil Filev firmly grabbed it by the left post. FC Builder Sofia's Emil Filev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stanyo Mindizov in the 21st minute of play. In the 25th minute of the match, Benislav Bozov tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Emil Filev saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When Benislav Vodenov fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SPARROWS's protests and gave Benislav Vodenov a yellow card for diving instead. If Velcho Kararizov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FC Builder Sofia's Emil Filev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save FC Builder Sofia from getting a goal against them. SPARROWS made a substitution. Huben Temelyotev replaced Tzvyatko Trifonov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Velcho Kararizov in the 37th minute of play forced SPARROWS's goalkeeper Adrian Milevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yosif Gergov hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. After 46 played minutes SPARROWS got a freekick which was hit by Benislav Bozov. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Detelin Borkov was the one to do the kick off. Emil Filev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Huben Temelyotev in the 51st minute of the match. The supporters of SPARROWS booed when FC Builder Sofia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Silyanovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stanyo Mindizov's late challenge caught a FC Builder Sofia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stanyo Mindizov helped the player get up and apologised. Stanyo Mindizov hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. In the 66th minute of the match, Rostislav Atmadzhov tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Adrian Milevski saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 66th play minute Rostislav Atmadzhov came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Adrian Milevski. 1-1. Benislav Bozov hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. In the 92nd minute Huben Temelyotev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emil Filev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 93rd minute, Haralampi Kurdomanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.