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Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Grabiel Escorcia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Evrosi Slivenski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 5th minute of the match. After 9 minutes of play, Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Evrosi Slivenski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Peycho Sheytanov hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. In the 15th minute, Grabiel Escorcia made a precise shot to the right of Evrosi Slivenski. Устрем - Пет могили's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Evrosi Slivenski didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Cristiano Aveiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dinko Sakaliyski, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 27th minute Boncho Pechovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristiano Aveiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Evrosi Slivenski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grabiel Escorcia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 38 minutes Устрем - Пет могили's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Andrea Heraso who took care of the corner kick. Устрем - Пет могили's Evrosi Slivenski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 40th minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, Grabiel Escorcia notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Устрем - Пет могили's Evrosi Slivenski. Evrosi Slivenski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 46 played minutes Устрем - Пет могили got a freekick which was hit by Peycho Sheytanov.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dinko Sakaliyski was the one to do the kick off. Cristiano Aveiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Saturnín Gorigoytía, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Evrosi Slivenski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 53rd minute of the match. 55 minutes into the match, Устрем - Пет могили's goal looked a bit too open when Grabiel Escorcia came free, but Evrosi Slivenski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Устрем - Пет могили's Evrosi Slivenski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Устрем - Пет могили from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Grabiel Escorcia in the 63rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Evrosi Slivenski saved Устрем - Пет могили from getting behind. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Устрем - Пет могили's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Andrea Heraso was slow to take the kick. During this time Nacional's players had a chance to rest. Grabiel Escorcia blasted a shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Evrosi Slivenski having to make a save. 67 minutes into the match, Устрем - Пет могили's goal looked a bit too open when Grabiel Escorcia came free, but Evrosi Slivenski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Evrosi Slivenski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Grabiel Escorcia's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. Evrosi Slivenski was a little too slow when Grabiel Escorcia got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 70th minute. The score was now 0-7. In the 74th minute Saturnín Gorigoytía shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristiano Aveiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Устрем - Пет могили's Evrosi Slivenski got control of the ball when Grabiel Escorcia tried to sneak it across the goal line. Evrosi Slivenski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. When Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Устрем - Пет могили's goalie prevented a goal. Grabiel Escorcia might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Evrosi Slivenski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Grabiel Escorcia ran back to his position shaking his head. Evrosi Slivenski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grabiel Escorcia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Grabiel Escorcia blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Evrosi Slivenski having to make a save. In the 89th minute Grabiel Escorcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evrosi Slivenski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 91st minute, Grabiel Escorcia left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nacional fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. After some careless play in the Устрем - Пет могили defense, Grabiel Escorcia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Evrosi Slivenski. The Устрем - Пет могили fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Evrosi Slivenski should have stopped the shot. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Nacional eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.