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CAMP NOU
Spectators: 7981 (Terracing: 5987, Seating: 1835, VIP seats: 159) Stoimen Haralambiev started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ booed when Kataluncite was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toni Kyurtev didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 19th minute Nano Vútev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikifor Panagonov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute, Jesús Villalcazar reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nikifor Panagonov. The goal made the score 1-0. The supporters of Kataluncite booed when ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yanko Tzaribrodski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 27th minute, Chudomir Pantov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jesús Villalcazar got free with Nikifor Panagonov in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 35 minutes into the match, ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's goal looked a bit too open when Toni Kyurtev came free, but Nikifor Panagonov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th minute of the match, Edvin Lundin got a very nice opportunity to score, but Nikifor Panagonov was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. An unexpected shot in the 41st minute by Christodoulos Koutsodimos got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Nikifor Panagonov was a little too slow when Jesús Villalcazar got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 43rd minute. The score was now 2-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jesús Villalcazar to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's goal looked a bit too open when Edvin Lundin came free, but Nikifor Panagonov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yordan Cheshirkov hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. When Iskren Matikanov came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ 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 Iskren Matikanov couldn't finish the play. Nikifor Panagonov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edvin Lundin in the 62nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ defense, Edvin Lundin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikifor Panagonov. The ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikifor Panagonov should have stopped the shot. Yanko Tzaribrodski's late challenge caught a Kataluncite's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yanko Tzaribrodski helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edvin Lundin in the 75th minute of play forced ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's goalkeeper Nikifor Panagonov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82ndth minute of the game Jesús Villalcazar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's Nikifor Panagonov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Jesús Villalcazar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nikifor Panagonov was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. In the 88th minute, Edvin Lundin made a precise shot to the right of Nikifor Panagonov. ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jesús Villalcazar during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 92 played minutes Kataluncite got a freekick which was hit by Jesús Villalcazar. ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ's Nikifor Panagonov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nano Vútev in the 94th minute of play. After 95 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ПФК БОТЕВ ПЛОВДИВ!