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Didie Drogba arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Konstantin Maslenkov got the match started through his kick off. After having played for 7 minutes, Filip Kúrdzhiev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Filip Kúrdzhiev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Omurtag Beninski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Filip Kúrdzhiev in the 9th minute. Dragolyub Púrlichev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anton Adamski, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 17 minutes into the match, BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's Filip Kúrdzhiev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Omurtag Beninski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Omurtag Beninski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantin Maslenkov in the 18th minute of the match. After 35 minutes of play, ФК.Сокол-Буково's Tzeno Trúnkov made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dragolyub Púrlichev was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, ФК.Сокол-Буково's Stamen Hristakiev got a free kick in the 41st minute. Ivaylo Tzirkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tzeno Trúnkov was the one to do the kick off. Dragolyub Púrlichev made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Anton Adamski sent off a good shot on target. If Tzeno Trúnkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anton Adamski was extremely unlucky when he, in the 58th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Tzeno Trúnkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dragolyub Púrlichev having to interfere. In the 69th minute, Tzeno Trúnkov 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filip Kúrdzhiev in the 76th minute of play forced ФК.Сокол-Буково's goalkeeper Omurtag Beninski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th match minute, ФК.Сокол-Буково was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stanimir Nalbantov to maneuver through the defense. In the 81st minute Filip Kúrdzhiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Omurtag Beninski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Filip Kúrdzhiev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Omurtag Beninski was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. Anton Adamski struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Dragolyub Púrlichev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ФК.Сокол-Буково. When the match had gone on for 94 minutes, Tzeno Trúnkov took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Dragolyub Púrlichev to make any attempt to save it. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.