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Koshnichari
Spectators: 10845 (Terracing: 8135, Seating: 2494, VIP seats: 216) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Dos Santos took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 minutes of play, SPARROWS's Dinko Velev made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luo Feng was left in no man's land by his defense there! Aan 周瑜 hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. SPARROWS's Apostol Sokolov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Dos Santos in the 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute Нотингам were awarded a corner. Zapryan Sakarov went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 11th minute, Karl-Michael Tinglöv got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Apostol Sokolov was a little too slow when Tomas Dos Santos got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 13th minute. The score was now 1-1. Luo Feng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lionel Haaland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lionel Haaland in the 19th minute of play forced Нотингам's goalkeeper Luo Feng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute Karl-Michael Tinglöv shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luo Feng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st minute Tomas Dos Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apostol Sokolov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 32 played minutes Нотингам got a freekick which was hit by Omurtag Venchev. Luo Feng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lionel Haaland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rodd Lockwood sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lionel Haaland in the 39th minute of play forced Нотингам's goalkeeper Luo Feng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Apostol Sokolov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodd Lockwood in the 41st minute of play. Octavio Beat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Michael Tinglöv in the 44th minute of play forced Нотингам's goalkeeper Luo Feng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the SPARROWS defense, Octavio Beat kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Apostol Sokolov. The SPARROWS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Apostol Sokolov should have stopped the shot. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Karl-Michael Tinglöv to make the kick off. Luo Feng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl-Michael Tinglöv in the 53rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavio Beat in the 57th minute of play forced SPARROWS's goalkeeper Apostol Sokolov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 60 played minutes SPARROWS got a freekick which was hit by Rayko Tzolovski. Apostol Sokolov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Octavio Beat in the 61st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Dos Santos in the 66th minute of play forced SPARROWS's goalkeeper Apostol Sokolov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by SPARROWS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zapryan Sakarov was slow to take the kick. During this time Нотингам's players had a chance to rest. Stoyadin Gulev was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 71st minute Tomas Dos Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apostol Sokolov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Нотингам's Luo Feng got control of the ball when Lionel Haaland tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 76 minutes Нотингам's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pavlin Pintev who took care of the corner kick. Lionel Haaland was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. SPARROWS's Apostol Sokolov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Octavio Beat in the 79th minute of play. SPARROWS's Apostol Sokolov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodd Lockwood in the 82nd minute of play. Apostol Sokolov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Dos Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 87 minutes into the match, SPARROWS's goal looked a bit too open when Octavio Beat came free, but Apostol Sokolov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Apostol Sokolov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodd Lockwood, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavio Beat in the 92nd minute of play forced SPARROWS's goalkeeper Apostol Sokolov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Нотингам's Luo Feng proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Нотингам from getting a goal against them. In the 97th minute Karl-Michael Tinglöv shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luo Feng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.