Official Cup

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fu Lin Liang started the match with the kick off. Dobrin Beremov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fu Lin Liang, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 7th minute, Louis Pirovolikos 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. After a rather tough play, DARAS's Kostadin Mazhdrakov got a free kick in the 12th minute. Fu Lin Liang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Dobrin Beremov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Isidoros Chatzidis's late challenge caught a DARAS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Isidoros Chatzidis helped the player get up and apologised. Isidoros Chatzidis hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. DARAS's Dobrin Beremov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fu Lin Liang in the 23rd minute of play. 24 minutes into the match, TZITZIFIES's goalkeeper Iosif Labriakos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Toni Nenchev. DARAS were awarded a corner in the 25th minute after TZITZIFIES's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nano Mitrashkov took the corner. DARAS's Nano Mitrashkov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Iosif Labriakos in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Iosif Labriakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Boncho Zhilev, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Iliya Kasabov hit a great ball. In the 30th minute, Louis Pirovolikos 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. Dobrin Beremov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fu Lin Liang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When DARAS's Boncho Zhilev in the 37th minute got a chance for a shot 37th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye TZITZIFIES's goalie prevented a goal. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind DARAS's goalkeeper Dobrin Beremov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Dobrin Beremov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fu Lin Liang in the 43rd minute of play.

The wind increased when Boncho Zhilev made the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Boncho Zhilev in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Iosif Labriakos saved TZITZIFIES from getting behind. The supporters of TZITZIFIES booed when DARAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zahari Kerekov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fu Lin Liang in the 63rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dobrin Beremov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. TZITZIFIES's Isidoros Chatzidis got his second yellow card of the match in the 64th minute. The referee ordered Isidoros Chatzidis off the ground. Isidoros Chatzidis hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Louis Pirovolikos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Dobrin Beremov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Boncho Zhilev in the 73rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Iosif Labriakos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Iosif Labriakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boncho Zhilev in the 75th minute of play. In the 80th minute, Antim Karamanski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 80th minute Fu Lin Liang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dobrin Beremov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iosif Labriakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kostadin Mazhdrakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Boncho Zhilev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iosif Labriakos was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. In the 85th minute, Fu Lin Liang 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. TZITZIFIES's Louis Pirovolikos got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 94 minutes into the match, Paschalis Kastanoulis dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dobrin Beremov, 0-4. When the final whistle sounded TZITZIFIES left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than DARAS.