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Zhelezna
Spectators: 9400 (Terracing: 7050, Seating: 2162, VIP seats: 188) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Glauco Cruz got the match started through his kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Denimir Tzonkov in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Artur Borubar saved FC Zhelezna from getting behind. In the 5th minute VN BAKITO were awarded a corner. Blagoy Banovski went to the cornerflag to take it. Blagoy Banovski made a great header on VN BAKITO's corner, it was just that FC Zhelezna's Artur Borubar managed to reach the ball for a save. After 11 minutes, Milan Kalendzhiev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Zhelezna and the VN BAKITO players grew even worse after the yellow card. Milan Kalendzhiev kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Glauco Cruz received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ruslan Rúklyov came out and tried to block the shot, but Glauco Cruz slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 16th minute. Artur Borubar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sevdalin Evtimov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31st minute, Denimir Tzonkov made a precise shot to the right of Artur Borubar. FC Zhelezna's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. The audience was convinced that Denimir Tzonkov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artur Borubar was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denimir Tzonkov in the 41st minute of play forced FC Zhelezna's goalkeeper Artur Borubar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Glauco Cruz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Denimir Tzonkov to make the kick off. When Denimir Tzonkov came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the VN BAKITO 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 Denimir Tzonkov couldn't finish the play. The supporters of FC Zhelezna booed when VN BAKITO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerasim Berberov didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, FC Zhelezna's Artur Borubar got control of the ball when Denimir Tzonkov tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as VN BAKITO's Denimir Tzonkov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Artur Borubar. That made the score 1-2 after 68 minutes of play. FC Zhelezna's Radko Tetikov got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A throw-in in the 72nd minute of the game was made by Sven-Erik Wallander with Radko Tetikov as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 77th match minute, FC Zhelezna was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radko Tetikov to maneuver through the defense. Ruslan Rúklyov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radko Tetikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. VN BAKITO's Ruslan Rúklyov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Gartzen in the 90th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, VN BAKITO's goal looked a bit too open when Gilberto Garaile came free, but Ruslan Rúklyov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched VN BAKITO eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.