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Walkover Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Crusaders of Light's Asparuh Nikodimov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 2 played minutes FC Falit got a freekick which was hit by Stoyadin Karapetkov. After some fancy dribbling in the 4th minute, Rostislav Stumbov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Crusaders of Light's supporters rose to their feet, but Rostislav Stumbov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Neno Dosholov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 13th minute Rostislav Stumbov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Neno Dosholov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Asparuh Nikodimov in the 15th minute of play forced FC Falit's goalkeeper Neno Dosholov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 16 minutes into the match, Dragomir Fúrtunkov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Neno Dosholov. FC Falit's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dragomir Fúrtunkov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Asparuh Nikodimov in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Neno Dosholov saved FC Falit from getting behind. In the 20th minute, Ikonom Vrechkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Toma Panushev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 顾西军 having to interfere. Neno Dosholov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Asparuh Nikodimov in the 24th minute of play. In the 25th minute of the match, Ikonom Vrechkov tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but 顾西军 saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 顾西军 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ikonom Vrechkov in the 27th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ikonom Vrechkov in the 28th minute of play forced Crusaders of Light's goalkeeper 顾西军 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st minute Ikonom Vrechkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 顾西军 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Crusaders of Light's 顾西军 got control of the ball when Toma Panushev tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Crusaders of Light's Asparuh Nikodimov in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Falit's goalie prevented a goal. Neno Dosholov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dragomir Fúrtunkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, FC Falit's Krasen Venev got a free kick in the 44th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

After having played for 50 minutes, Yoncho Kavlakov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Crusaders of Light's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yoncho Kavlakov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Asparuh Nikodimov had several of the FC Falit's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 52 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 0-2 score and a disappointed Neno Dosholov as he didn't even see the shot coming. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dragomir Fúrtunkov got free with Neno Dosholov in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. FC Falit's Neno Dosholov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save FC Falit from getting a goal against them. Asparuh Nikodimov hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. In the 62nd match minute, FC Falit was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kuzman Topchev to maneuver through the defense. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Falit's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gerasim Truhchev was slow to take the kick. During this time Crusaders of Light's players had a chance to rest. Crusaders of Light's Gerasim Truhchev was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Neno Dosholov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With a little luck, FC Falit's Neno Dosholov got control of the ball when Asparuh Nikodimov tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, FC Falit's Sergey Pachkov got a free kick in the 68th minute. In the 69th match minute, Crusaders of Light was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerasim Truhchev to maneuver through the defense. FC Falit's Neno Dosholov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save FC Falit from getting a goal against them. In the 74th minute Crusaders of Light were awarded a corner. Gerasim Truhchev went to the cornerflag to take it. Yoncho Kavlakov made a great header on Crusaders of Light's corner, it was just that FC Falit's Neno Dosholov managed to reach the ball for a save. Pantaley Duchevski kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. FC Falit's Neno Dosholov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerasim Truhchev in the 79th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dragomir Fúrtunkov in the 81st minute of play forced FC Falit's goalkeeper Neno Dosholov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Trayan Shaklev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Neno Dosholov having to interfere. If Rostislav Stumbov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 94 played minutes Crusaders of Light got a freekick which was hit by Gerasim Truhchev. FC Falit's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Penyo Rudarski in the 97th minute. The corner led FC Falit's Penyo Rudarski to fire away a dangerous shot which 顾西军 despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Crusaders of Light's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.