League

Kremikovtzi Stadion
Spectators: 8156 (Terracing: 6118, Seating: 1876, VIP seats: 162) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Natanael Arantes took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's Filip Kúrdzhiev got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After some careless play in the BOTEV TRUSHLEVO defense, Paul Hristea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dragolyub Púrlichev. The BOTEV TRUSHLEVO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dragolyub Púrlichev should have stopped the shot. Doru Boaru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filip Kúrdzhiev in the 8th minute of the match. If Wincent Galagan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natanael Arantes in the 14th minute of play forced BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's goalkeeper Dragolyub Púrlichev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Natanael Arantes dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dragolyub Púrlichev, 2-1. The supporters of Ustrem-Karamanite booed when BOTEV TRUSHLEVO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stoimen Dukadinov didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Andrey Lyubomirov took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Dragolyub Púrlichev to make any attempt to save it. In the 30th minute, Antonio Kúrshovski 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. When Antonio Kúrshovski came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Ustrem-Karamanite 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 Antonio Kúrshovski couldn't finish the play. If Wincent Galagan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's Dragolyub Púrlichev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antonio Kúrshovski in the 36th minute of play. If Nayden Vrachev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wincent Galagan charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wincent Galagan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 44 played minutes Ustrem-Karamanite got a freekick which was hit by Wincent Galagan. When Filip Kúrdzhiev came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the BOTEV TRUSHLEVO 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 Filip Kúrdzhiev couldn't finish the play. 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 3-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Konstantin Maslenkov made a kick off. In the 51st minute Evtim Naydenov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dragolyub Púrlichev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 52 played minutes Ustrem-Karamanite got a freekick which was hit by Wincent Galagan. Dragolyub Púrlichev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Evtim Naydenov went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. In the 58th minute, Antonio Kúrshovski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ustrem-Karamanite fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. Natanael Arantes scored 6-1 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dragolyub Púrlichev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's goalkeeper Dragolyub Púrlichev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Dragolyub Púrlichev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Natanael Arantes in the 66th minute of the match. If Natanael Arantes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Natanael Arantes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dragolyub Púrlichev having to make a save. Dragolyub Púrlichev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Natanael Arantes, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's Dragolyub Púrlichev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Evtim Naydenov in the 73rd minute of play. Stoimen Dukadinov kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. If Wincent Galagan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evtim Naydenov in the 77th minute of play forced BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's goalkeeper Dragolyub Púrlichev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Doru Boaru took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stoimen Dukadinov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antonio Kúrshovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dragolyub Púrlichev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Natanael Arantes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dragolyub Púrlichev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Natanael Arantes in the 88th minute of the match. Evtim Naydenov might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dragolyub Púrlichev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Evtim Naydenov ran back to his position shaking his head. Dragolyub Púrlichev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Natanael Arantes in the 92nd minute of the match.