Official Cup

The Colosseum
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bogomil Veshev started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Bogomil Veshev made a precise shot to the right of Stanislav Kaiturov. Galatasaray SK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Stanislav Kaiturov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Delyan Benovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Tzocho Tzokov's late challenge caught a Galatasaray SK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tzocho Tzokov helped the player get up and apologised. 11 minutes into the game, one of GARGOYLES:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Goran Gutunarov went to the wrong direction when Anatoliy Muhin was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Galatasaray SK's Stanislav Kaiturov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogomil Veshev in the 18th minute of play. The supporters of GARGOYLES booed when Galatasaray SK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Tsvetkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to GARGOYLES getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Velislav Shukerov hit a great ball. Anatoliy Benediktov might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Goran Gutunarov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Anatoliy Benediktov ran back to his position shaking his head. Stanislav Kaiturov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bogomil Veshev, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 28th minute, Bogomil Veshev fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Stanislav Kaiturov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pavel Topurov in the 31st minute. Delyan Benovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Lazar Titev kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Stanislav Kaiturov. That made the score 3-0 in the 35 minute of play. After 39 minutes of play, GARGOYLES's Pavel Topurov made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stanislav Kaiturov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Delyan Benovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 47th minute, Lazar Titev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stanislav Kaiturov was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fedor Ledohovich was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Galatasaray SK's goal looked a bit too open when Lazar Titev came free, but Stanislav Kaiturov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bogomil Veshev in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stanislav Kaiturov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Stanislav Kaiturov came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by GARGOYLES's Bogomil Veshev. But to his dismay, Bogomil Veshev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. Stanislav Kaiturov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bogomil Veshev went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Delyan Benovski in the 63rd minute of play forced Galatasaray SK's goalkeeper Stanislav Kaiturov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bogomil Veshev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Stanislav Kaiturov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gyuro Darakchiyski in the 71st minute of play forced Galatasaray SK's goalkeeper Stanislav Kaiturov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Goran Gutunarov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anton Nesterov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of GARGOYLES booed when Galatasaray SK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Tsvetkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stanislav Kaiturov came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by GARGOYLES's Bogomil Veshev. But to his dismay, Bogomil Veshev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. If Pavel Topurov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 88th minute, Lazar Titev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stanislav Kaiturov was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. 92 minutes into the match, Galatasaray SK's goal looked a bit too open when Pavel Topurov came free, but Stanislav Kaiturov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There was no doubt that GARGOYLES were the better team. GARGOYLES's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.