League

Spartak - Koritoto
Spectators: 7587 (Terracing: 5691, Seating: 1745, VIP seats: 151) Benislav Lukov might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ivelin Gúlúbinov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Benislav Lukov ran back to his position shaking his head. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Benislav Lukov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sapadzha's supporters rose to their feet, but Benislav Lukov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ivelin Gúlúbinov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Benislav Lukov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivelin Gúlúbinov having to interfere. Boris Chokanov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Benislav Lukov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ivelin Gúlúbinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benislav Lukov in the 15th minute of play. Benislav Lukov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivelin Gúlúbinov having to interfere. 22 minutes into the match, Benislav Lukov notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Shipchenski sokol's Ivelin Gúlúbinov. Ivelin Gúlúbinov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ivelin Gúlúbinov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benislav Lukov in the 26th minute of the match. If Benislav Lukov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Svetozar Stanin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kolarov Serafimov having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Boris Chokanov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ivelin Gúlúbinov was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. Ivelin Gúlúbinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boris Chokanov in the 48th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Svetozar Stanin to strike the kick off in the second half. After having played for 52 minutes, Radostin Púrvulov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Shipchenski sokol's supporters crossed their fingers, but Radostin Púrvulov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 56th minute Svetozar Stanin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kolarov Serafimov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 58th minute, Boris Chokanov reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ivelin Gúlúbinov. The goal made the score 0-2. If Benislav Lukov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Radostin Púrvulov in the 75th minute of play forced Sapadzha's goalkeeper Kolarov Serafimov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kolarov Serafimov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Svetozar Stanin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svetozar Stanin in the 80th minute of play forced Sapadzha's goalkeeper Kolarov Serafimov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Benislav Lukov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ivelin Gúlúbinov. That made the score 0-3 in the 81 minute of play. Sapadzha's Benislav Lukov got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With his leg Ivelin Gúlúbinov managed to avoid a goal in the 87thth minute, when Sapadzha's Boris Chokanov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Benislav Lukov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivelin Gúlúbinov having to interfere. Ivelin Gúlúbinov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Boris Chokanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Shipchenski sokol's Ivelin Gúlúbinov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Shipchenski sokol from getting a goal against them. Boris Chokanov scored 0-4 in the 97th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ivelin Gúlúbinov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sapadzha played a much better game than Shipchenski sokol and deserved their victory. The Shipchenski sokol players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.