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Stadio Olimpico
Spectators: 7620 (Terracing: 5716, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bratan Petkov kicked off to start the match. Dilyan Muhtarov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alastair Nicholls having to interfere. Alastair Nicholls made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dilyan Muhtarov in the 10th minute of play. Bratan Petkov scored 1-0 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rumen Baylov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Dilyan Muhtarov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alastair Nicholls was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Alexander Bogoslovov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 21st minute, Vergil Kisev 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. 28 minutes into the match, Laziali's Bratan Petkov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rumen Baylov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Vergil Kisev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rumen Baylov having to interfere. Bratan Petkov had several of the Dafinintsi's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 37 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 3-0 score and a disappointed Rumen Baylov as he didn't even see the shot coming. Alastair Nicholls made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dilyan Muhtarov in the 43rd minute of play. In the 44th minute, Bratan Petkov reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rumen Baylov. The goal made the score 4-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

After 55 minutes, Dobri Kozlov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dafinintsi and the Laziali players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Laziali booed when Dafinintsi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dobri Kozlov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 56th minute, Nicolai Burholm sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Dafinintsi's Rumen Baylov didn't even have to move. If Bratan Petkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Alastair Nicholls didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 68th minute, which inside left pole to 4-1. When Laziali's Bratan Petkov in the 71st minute got a chance for a shot 71st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Dafinintsi's goalie prevented a goal. 73 minutes into the match, Dafinintsi's goal looked a bit too open when Bratan Petkov came free, but Rumen Baylov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rumen Baylov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vergil Kisev in the 74th minute of play. Rumen Baylov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vergil Kisev went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. In the 82nd minute, Trayko Aldimirov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 84th minute, Tzvyatko Tarashoev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alexander Bogoslovov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 88 played minutes Dafinintsi got a freekick which was hit by Dancho Nunev. Bratan Petkov might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rumen Baylov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bratan Petkov ran back to his position shaking his head. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Laziali had won after a very even match.