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Didie Drogba arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Anton Babinov got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute, BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's Varban Ederov seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Varban Ederov the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of BOTEV TRUSHLEVO protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Varban Ederov had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 6 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for BOTEV TRUSHLEVO! Dragolyub Púrlichev had in the 8thth minute some difficulties stopping Lulcho Ambarev's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Lulcho Ambarev scored 0-1 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dragolyub Púrlichev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Prodan Púkov came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Mladinowo 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 Prodan Púkov couldn't finish the play. 14 minutes into the match, Adam Aprilov notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's Dragolyub Púrlichev. Dragolyub Púrlichev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dragolyub Púrlichev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Prodan Púkov in the 18th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nayden Vrachev during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Dragolyub Púrlichev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Prodan Púkov went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Filip Kúrdzhiev's late challenge caught a Mladinowo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Filip Kúrdzhiev helped the player get up and apologised. Filip Kúrdzhiev kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Lulcho Ambarev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Dragolyub Púrlichev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Filip Kúrdzhiev hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Lulcho Ambarev took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 32nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dragolyub Púrlichev. BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to Mladinowo getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Lulcho Ambarev hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's Stoimen Dukadinov got a free kick in the 36th minute. In the 38th minute, Adam Aprilov made a precise shot to the right of Dragolyub Púrlichev. BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. After 40 played minutes Mladinowo got a freekick which was hit by Zhecho Gavazov. Dragolyub Púrlichev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Prodan Púkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 49th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Filip Kúrdzhiev to make the kick off. BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's Dragolyub Púrlichev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save BOTEV TRUSHLEVO from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lulcho Ambarev in the 57th minute of play forced BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's goalkeeper Dragolyub Púrlichev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Adam Aprilov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Dragolyub Púrlichev made a huge save. After 62 minutes, Svilen Sharankov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BOTEV TRUSHLEVO and the Mladinowo players grew even worse after the yellow card. Svilen Sharankov hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Lulcho Ambarev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Dragolyub Púrlichev made a huge save. Dragolyub Púrlichev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Babinov in the 66th minute of the match. In the 67th minute Adam Aprilov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dragolyub Púrlichev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zhecho Strandzhev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stoimen Dukadinov in the 68th minute of the match. After 73 minutes, Stoimen Dukadinov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BOTEV TRUSHLEVO and the Mladinowo players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kostadin Chochov hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Aprilov in the 79th minute of play forced BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's goalkeeper Dragolyub Púrlichev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 83 minutes into the game, Konstantin Maslenkov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. BOTEV TRUSHLEVO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mladinowo the free kick. A collision led to BOTEV TRUSHLEVO getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Konstantin Maslenkov hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Mladinowo's Galin Pironski got a free kick in the 84th minute. In the 86th minute of the match Konstantin Maslenkov sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zhecho Strandzhev skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stoimen Dukadinov in the 90th minute of play forced Mladinowo's goalkeeper Zhecho Strandzhev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dragolyub Púrlichev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Prodan Púkov in the 92nd minute. When the final whistle sounded Mladinowo left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than BOTEV TRUSHLEVO.