Official Cup

Royal Masters Arena
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ariel Urko got the match started through his kick off. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Masters United F.C.'s Ariel Urko in the 3rd minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Apostol Rachkov was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for EK through an amazing save. Edgard Abar kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. 9 minutes in the game, Ariel Urko fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Apostol Rachkov having to interfere. When Humberto Hermon came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Masters United F.C. 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 Humberto Hermon couldn't finish the play. A collision led to EK getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Gercho Gavalyugov hit a great ball. 16 minutes into the match, Humberto Hermon notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of EK's Apostol Rachkov. Apostol Rachkov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Masters United F.C. getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Aristides Ponce hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, EK's Yakim Pachkov got a free kick in the 26th minute. 27 minutes into the match, EK's goal looked a bit too open when Ariel Urko came free, but Apostol Rachkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Masters United F.C.'s zone, Marian Balinov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Delmar Mel came out of the goal and Marian Balinov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, EK's Apostol Rachkov got control of the ball when Humberto Hermon tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Humberto Hermon got free with Apostol Rachkov in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 34th minute, Humberto Hermon left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Masters United F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. A collision led to Masters United F.C. getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Jaime Eztebe hit a great ball. Apostol Rachkov came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Masters United F.C.'s Humberto Hermon. But to his dismay, Humberto Hermon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. In the 46th minute Ariel Urko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apostol Rachkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ariel Urko in the 47th minute of play forced EK's goalkeeper Apostol Rachkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marian Balinov to make the kick off. After 57 played minutes EK got a freekick which was hit by Ilcho Tzvetarski. Ariel Urko scored 5-0 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Apostol Rachkov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Humberto Hermon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 71 minutes into the match, Masters United F.C.'s Ariel Urko sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Apostol Rachkov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Masters United F.C.'s Humberto Hermon in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye EK's goalie prevented a goal. Ariel Urko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 80thth minute of the game Ariel Urko who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but EK's Apostol Rachkov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Masters United F.C. booed when EK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marian Balinov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Apostol Rachkov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ariel Urko went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. A collision led to Masters United F.C. getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Isaac Inocente hit a great ball. Delmar Mel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stanislav Hadzhinikolov in the 91st minute. Apostol Rachkov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Humberto Hermon went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. Apostol Rachkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ariel Urko in the 97th minute of the match. Masters United F.C.'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.