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Strela Arena
Spectators: 7604 (Terracing: 5704, Seating: 1749, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Momchil Modrev got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Denko Inkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Penyo Bambov struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. Gabriel Krahtov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for EW®StReLa. Bone Bikovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Stoil Kirchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpected shot in the 17th minute by Samuil Gendov got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Zahari Milotinov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Gabriel Krahtov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Momchil Modrev's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gabriel Krahtov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. Samuil Gendov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Gabriel Krahtov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bone Bikovski charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bone Bikovski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. EW®StReLa's Samuil Gendov got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Momchil Modrev received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gabriel Krahtov came out and tried to block the shot, but Momchil Modrev slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 40th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 51st minute, Yonko Nizamski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Lyesichevo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. In the 60th minute Momchil Modrev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Krahtov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gabriel Krahtov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuil Gendov, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. After having played for 64 minutes, Momchil Modrev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. EW®StReLa's supporters crossed their fingers, but Momchil Modrev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Stoil Kirchev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bone Bikovski's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. Bone Bikovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yonko Nizamski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stoil Kirchev having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Bone Bikovski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Stoil Kirchev. That made the score 2-2 in the 85 minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Yonko Nizamski 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. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.