Official Cup

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 172 (Terracing: 130, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lozan Baltov started the match with the kick off. In the 8th minute, Krasimir Gradishki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 9 minutes into the match, Pryaporets's goal looked a bit too open when Dido Shahanov came free, but Gianluigi Donnarumma reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Radostin Uzunski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Gúrkov in the 11th minute of the match. Huben Simchev made in the 15th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by FC Bourgas's Miroslav Kyurkchiev. Gianluigi Donnarumma showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lozan Baltov in the 16th minute of the match. The supporters of Pryaporets booed when FC Bourgas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nano Akrabov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lozan Baltov's late challenge caught a Pryaporets's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lozan Baltov helped the player get up and apologised. Lozan Baltov hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. After having played for 33 minutes, Lozan Baltov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Bourgas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lozan Baltov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gianluigi Donnarumma showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lozan Baltov, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. 40 minutes into the match, Pryaporets's goal looked a bit too open when Dido Shahanov came free, but Gianluigi Donnarumma reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manol Bagalev charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Manol Bagalev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Radostin Uzunski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Gúrkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zhelyo Tzingilev got free with Radostin Uzunski in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Dido Shahanov managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Bourgas's supporters rose to their feet, but Dido Shahanov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gianluigi Donnarumma breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Zhelyo Tzingilev made the kick off in the second half. When the match clock showed 52 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Lozan Baltov sped through Pryaporets's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gianluigi Donnarumma. After 55 played minutes Pryaporets got a freekick which was hit by Boyan Yonov. Pryaporets made a substitution. Antoni Kotov replaced Huben Simchev. Pryaporets's Nikola Chavorski was substituted for Ikonom Gopov. Boyan Yonov hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Nano Akrabov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gianluigi Donnarumma read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 58th minute of play. Gianluigi Donnarumma made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dido Shahanov in the 59th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, FC Bourgas's goal looked a bit too open when Sevdalin Palatov came free, but Radostin Uzunski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when FC Bourgas's Lozan Baltov in the 62nd minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Gianluigi Donnarumma was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Pryaporets through an amazing save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lozan Baltov in the 66th minute of play forced Pryaporets's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Bourgas were awarded a corner in the 67th minute after Pryaporets's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nano Akrabov took the corner. Gianluigi Donnarumma didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dido Shahanov went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Gianluigi Donnarumma made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dido Shahanov in the 75th minute. Radostin Uzunski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sevdalin Palatov, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. A collision led to Pryaporets getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Boyan Yonov hit a great ball. In the 85th match minute, Pryaporets was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Simo Morfov to maneuver through the defense. Gianluigi Donnarumma made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dido Shahanov in the 88th minute. Valeri Durov charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Valeri Durov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 91 played minutes Pryaporets got a freekick which was hit by Valeri Durov. Lozan Baltov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 95th minute Lozan Baltov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gianluigi Donnarumma saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Pryaporets supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching FC Bourgas's performance. The match ended with a win for FC Bourgas.