Official Cup

Spartak Varna
Spectators: 592 (Terracing: 445, Seating: 136, VIP seats: 11) Franz Midgley started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Zhu Ning Ning hit a great ball. After some careless play in the VN BAKITO defense, Matt Friend kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ruslan Rúklyov. The VN BAKITO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ruslan Rúklyov should have stopped the shot. Denimir Tzonkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Orson Billington hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Denimir Tzonkov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Luke Bush read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 9th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, VN BAKITO's Denimir Tzonkov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Luke Bush narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 19th minute VN BAKITO were awarded a corner. Blagoy Banovski went to the cornerflag to take it. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Sevdalin Evtimov advanced and headed the ball into goal, 1-1 in the 19th minute. In the 22ndth minute of the game Denimir Tzonkov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but T H F C's Luke Bush was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 24th minute of the game Orson Billington made a throw-in which Franz Midgley played forward. Ruslan Rúklyov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donny Beckwith, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. After some careless play in the T H F C defense, Denimir Tzonkov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luke Bush. The T H F C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luke Bush should have stopped the shot. Ruslan Rúklyov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeffrey Inman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gerasim Berberov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Luke Bush made a huge save. Luke Bush was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Denimir Tzonkov showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-1 in the 37 minute of play. In the 40th minute, Denimir Tzonkov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luke Bush was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. In the 43rd minute the ball was on its way in behind T H F C's goalkeeper Luke Bush, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Denimir Tzonkov to strike the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Denimir Tzonkov in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luke Bush saved T H F C from getting behind. 61 minutes into the match, VN BAKITO's goal looked a bit too open when Shawn Coulson came free, but Ruslan Rúklyov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Flavinho Pires hit a great ball. VN BAKITO's Rusi Plochev was substituted for Isaac Constancio. A collision led to VN BAKITO getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Flavinho Pires hit a great ball. Ruslan Rúklyov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franz Midgley in the 70th minute of the match. Ruslan Rúklyov made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Franz Midgley sent off a good shot on target. 80 minutes into the match, VN BAKITO's goalkeeper Ruslan Rúklyov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Shawn Coulson. Shawn Coulson had several of the VN BAKITO's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 80 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-2 score and a disappointed Ruslan Rúklyov as he didn't even see the shot coming. 86 minutes into the match, T H F C's goal looked a bit too open when Denimir Tzonkov came free, but Luke Bush reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Shawn Coulson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. T H F C's Luke Bush played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhu Ning Ning in the 91st minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Rowan Tyler kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ruslan Rúklyov. That made the score 4-3 in the 94 minute of play.

For all the effort they put into the match, the T H F C players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for VN BAKITO.