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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Penko Netzov took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute, Salomon Bordet left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The corsaire nantais fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Valcho Chuturkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brian Seguela, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. After having played for 10 minutes, Igor Yashov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Ottoman's supporters crossed their fingers, but Igor Yashov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 13 minutes into the game, Francis Brot recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Valcho Chuturkov. Francis Brot showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. In the 16th match minute, FC Ottoman was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Manchorov to maneuver through the defense. After 19 minutes, Salomon Bordet made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. FC Ottoman's Valcho Chuturkov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Brian Seguela took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Valcho Chuturkov to make any attempt to save it. Ignat Kabzamalov's late challenge caught a corsaire nantais's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ignat Kabzamalov helped the player get up and apologised. The crowd rose to their feet as Brian Seguela kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Valcho Chuturkov. That made the score 5-0 in the 39 minute of play. Salomon Bordet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valcho Chuturkov having to interfere. Salomon Bordet recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Brian Seguela to strike the kick off in the second half. Valcho Chuturkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Salomon Bordet in the 51st minute of play. In the 56thth minute of the game Penko Netzov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but corsaire nantais's Melvin Passemard was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 58 minutes into the game, Brian Seguela cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Valcho Chuturkov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Salomon Bordet succeeded in the game's 61st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 7-0. The audience was convinced that Salomon Bordet's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Valcho Chuturkov was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind corsaire nantais's goalkeeper Melvin Passemard, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brian Seguela in the 82nd minute of play forced FC Ottoman's goalkeeper Valcho Chuturkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Salomon Bordet came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the corsaire nantais fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Salomon Bordet couldn't finish the play. Brian Seguela struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Valcho Chuturkov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for corsaire nantais. 88 minutes into the game, corsaire nantais's Francis Brot nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Valcho Chuturkov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 11-0. Melvin Passemard made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ignat Kabzamalov in the 94th minute. A collision led to corsaire nantais getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Romuald Combret hit a great ball. corsaire nantais were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of FC Ottoman for a fine match.