Official Cup

Георги Бенковски
Spectators: 187 (Terracing: 141, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gilbert Obuchowicz took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4thth minute of the game Gilbert Obuchowicz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but VN FC Spartak-Varna's Hans Curtis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Mücahit Kazan in the 12th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by VN FC Spartak-Varna's Benjamin Lundgren. In the 16th minute, Remigiusz Kasiewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 18 minutes into the match, VN FC Spartak-Varna's goal looked a bit too open when Gilbert Obuchowicz came free, but Hans Curtis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, VN FC Spartak-Varna's goal looked a bit too open when Gilbert Obuchowicz came free, but Hans Curtis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yani Dzhokin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Hans Curtis made a huge save. If Neno Nozharov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 26 minutes, Mihail Tihomirov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Бенковски Тетевен's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mihail Tihomirov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zlatan Dzhubeliev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zbigniew Paraszczuk in the 30th minute of the match. Vihren Gatzev's late challenge caught a VN FC Spartak-Varna's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vihren Gatzev helped the player get up and apologised. Vihren Gatzev hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. In the 32nd minute, Gilbert Obuchowicz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hans Curtis. The goal made the score 2-0. After some careless play in the VN FC Spartak-Varna defense, Gilbert Obuchowicz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hans Curtis. The VN FC Spartak-Varna fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hans Curtis should have stopped the shot. VN FC Spartak-Varna's Hans Curtis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilbert Obuchowicz in the 38th minute of play. In the 38th minute, Mihail Tihomirov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. VN FC Spartak-Varna's Olivier Giroud managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Franco Baresi in the 44 minute of the game. After having played for 47 minutes, Zbigniew Paraszczuk managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VN FC Spartak-Varna's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zbigniew Paraszczuk was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Danny Valentin to strike the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, VN FC Spartak-Varna's Zlatan Dzhubeliev threw himself towards the right post 57 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Danny Valentin, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the last second Zlatan Dzhubeliev throw himself and got hold of the ball when Danny Valentin in the 58thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilbert Obuchowicz in the 62nd minute of play forced VN FC Spartak-Varna's goalkeeper Hans Curtis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 65 minutes into the match, VN FC Spartak-Varna's goal looked a bit too open when Neno Nozharov came free, but Hans Curtis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Remigiusz Kasiewski might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zlatan Dzhubeliev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Remigiusz Kasiewski ran back to his position shaking his head. Mihail Tihomirov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 73 minutes into the match, VN FC Spartak-Varna's goal looked a bit too open when Gilbert Obuchowicz came free, but Hans Curtis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Mihail Tihomirov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Neno Nozharov in the 76th minute of play forced VN FC Spartak-Varna's goalkeeper Hans Curtis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 76 minutes into the match, VN FC Spartak-Varna's goal looked a bit too open when Neno Nozharov came free, but Hans Curtis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 89 played minutes Бенковски Тетевен got a freekick which was hit by Mücahit Kazan. In the 93rd minute Gilbert Obuchowicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hans Curtis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilbert Obuchowicz in the 95th minute of play forced VN FC Spartak-Varna's goalkeeper Hans Curtis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.