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Zograf Arena
Spectators: 8011 (Terracing: 6018, Seating: 1845, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Albert Vúndev got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, CSKA's Doychin Masúrski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Valentin Vladigerov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Penko Shtrakov took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yuri Strahilov. Yuri Strahilov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Valentin Vladigerov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tzeko Kodrov in the 9th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Doychin Masúrski made a precise shot to the right of Valentin Vladigerov. Zograf FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. 13 minutes into the game, CSKA's Doychin Masúrski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Valentin Vladigerov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. After 17 minutes of play, CSKA's Doychin Masúrski made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valentin Vladigerov was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 21st minute, Anko Rilski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Valentin Vladigerov was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. 24 minutes into the match, CSKA's goal looked a bit too open when Albert Vúndev came free, but Yuri Strahilov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zograf FC's Albert Vúndev was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 24th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Albert Vúndev received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Yuri Strahilov came out and tried to block the shot, but Albert Vúndev slotted it home off the left post making it 3-5 in the 27th minute. In the 31st minute, Zograf FC's Acho Bogdantzaliev dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-5. 35 minutes into the match, CSKA's goal looked a bit too open when Albert Vúndev came free, but Yuri Strahilov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Zograf FC booed when CSKA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tzeko Kodrov didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Zograf FC booed when CSKA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Avgustin Hodzhov didn't get a good kick on the ball. The excitement rose when Zograf FC's Yanislav Kodzhabashev after 39 played minutes turned away three defenders near the goal, and after that shot a ball that was too difficult for CSKA's goalkeeper to hold. Score! 5-5. After a rather tough play, Zograf FC's Miro Vúlkovski got a free kick in the 41st minute. After having played for 42 minutes, Anko Rilski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CSKA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anko Rilski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Valentin Vladigerov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anko Rilski went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-6 was the resulting score. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 5-6 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Doychin Masúrski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute Doychin Masúrski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentin Vladigerov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Zograf FC defense, Anko Rilski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Valentin Vladigerov. The Zograf FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Valentin Vladigerov should have stopped the shot. After 61 minutes of play, CSKA's Doychin Masúrski made it 5-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valentin Vladigerov was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to CSKA getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Tzeko Kodrov hit a great ball. In the 64th minute of the match Ognyan Akov sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Yuri Strahilov skillfully saved the ball. 66 minutes into the match, Albert Vúndev notched a goal, 6-8, to the right of CSKA's Yuri Strahilov. Yuri Strahilov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Acho Bogdantzaliev kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. A collision led to Zograf FC getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Acho Bogdantzaliev hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doychin Masúrski in the 72nd minute of play forced Zograf FC's goalkeeper Valentin Vladigerov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tzeko Markov hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Zograf FC defense, Anko Rilski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Valentin Vladigerov. The Zograf FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Valentin Vladigerov should have stopped the shot. Yuri Strahilov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albert Vúndev, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. With an all-out effort, CSKA's Valentin Vladigerov threw himself towards the right post 80 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Doychin Masúrski, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 82nd minute, CSKA's Doychin Masúrski dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 6-10. Valentin Vladigerov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anko Rilski in the 84th minute. In the 85th minute, Doychin Masúrski made a precise shot to the right of Valentin Vladigerov. Zograf FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-11. CSKA made a substitution. Vanyo Púshev replaced Anko Rilski. Valentin Vladigerov was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Tzeko Kodrov capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tzeko Kodrov really showed his touch with that goal: 6-12. If Naycho Morozov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Vanyo Púshev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 98th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The Zograf FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. CSKA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.