League

Ruse Arena
Spectators: 8115 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1955, VIP seats: 160) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Dimitar Berbatov kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute Rosen Penchovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Totyo Popisakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Arsenal Varna's attack was well implemented in the 6th minute, but when 康坤明 was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. 8 minutes into the game, Metodi Shapkarev threw the ball into play from the sideline. Crusaders of Dark's Einar Hjortberg quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Zhecho Tomev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitar Berbatov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A sloppy throw-in by Metodi Shapkarev in the 11th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Crusaders of Dark's Viden Belovezhdov. In the 13th minute, Dimitar Berbatov 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. Lyuben Vlaykovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Crusaders of Dark defense, Lyuben Vlaykovski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Totyo Popisakov. The Crusaders of Dark fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Totyo Popisakov should have stopped the shot. FC Arsenal Varna's Zhecho Tomev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save FC Arsenal Varna from getting a goal against them. When FC Arsenal Varna's Lyuben Vlaykovski in the 37th minute got a chance for a shot 37th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Crusaders of Dark's goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dimitar Berbatov got free with Zhecho Tomev in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lyuben Vlaykovski in the 43rd minute of play forced Crusaders of Dark's goalkeeper Totyo Popisakov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to FC Arsenal Varna getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Oleg Bobekov hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lyuben Vlaykovski in the 47th minute of play forced Crusaders of Dark's goalkeeper Totyo Popisakov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

In the 51stth minute of the game Rosen Penchovski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Crusaders of Dark's Totyo Popisakov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 52nd minute Lyuben Vlaykovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Totyo Popisakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the FC Arsenal Varna defense, Dimitar Berbatov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zhecho Tomev. The FC Arsenal Varna fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zhecho Tomev should have stopped the shot. Totyo Popisakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lyuben Vlaykovski in the 59th minute of the match. When Rosen Penchovski came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the FC Arsenal Varna 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 Rosen Penchovski couldn't finish the play. Crusaders of Dark's Totyo Popisakov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lyuben Vlaykovski in the 64th minute of play. Dimitar Berbatov might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zhecho Tomev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dimitar Berbatov ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 65th minute of play forced FC Arsenal Varna's goalkeeper Zhecho Tomev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Totyo Popisakov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lyuben Vlaykovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Arsenal Varna's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dochko Razpopov was slow to take the kick. During this time Crusaders of Dark's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Crusaders of Dark's corner Dochko Razpopov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Zhecho Tomev quite easily take care of the ball. FC Arsenal Varna:s Zhecho Tomev showed great skill when he stopped Dochko Razpopov:s penalty. After some careless play in the FC Arsenal Varna defense, Dimitar Berbatov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zhecho Tomev. The FC Arsenal Varna fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zhecho Tomev should have stopped the shot. Totyo Popisakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lyuben Vlaykovski in the 81st minute of the match. The supporters of FC Arsenal Varna booed when Crusaders of Dark was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ildefonso Orlondo didn't get a good kick on the ball. 84 minutes into the match, Crusaders of Dark's goal looked a bit too open when Lyuben Vlaykovski came free, but Totyo Popisakov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eivind Lundemo's late challenge caught a FC Arsenal Varna's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eivind Lundemo helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Crusaders of Dark's Eivind Lundemo got a free kick in the 88th minute. Totyo Popisakov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lyuben Vlaykovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Zhecho Tomev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitar Berbatov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th minute, Dimitar Berbatov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zhecho Tomev was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. FC Arsenal Varna's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Crusaders of Dark had won, even though FC Arsenal Varna had held more of the ball.