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Changarliy
Spectators: 6752 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Grigor Dzherov got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in FC Tornado's zone, Radoslav Gudev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bayan Mutashki came out of the goal and Radoslav Gudev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. FC Tornado's Grigor Dzherov got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Stanyo Sardarev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grigor Dzherov in the 9th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Changarliy's Bayan Kiradzhiev got a free kick in the 9th minute. Stanyo Sardarev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bozhin Barabankov in the 12th minute of the match. After 13 played minutes Changarliy got a freekick which was hit by Radko Tzolev. Bayan Kiradzhiev's late challenge caught a FC Tornado's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bayan Kiradzhiev helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of FC Tornado booed when Changarliy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bayan Kiradzhiev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stanyo Sardarev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grigor Dzherov in the 16th minute of the match. Stanyo Sardarev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bozhin Barabankov, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 17th minute, Bayan Kiradzhiev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Changarliy's zone, Grigor Dzherov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stanyo Sardarev came out of the goal and Grigor Dzherov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigor Dzherov in the 27th minute of play forced Changarliy's goalkeeper Stanyo Sardarev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bozhin Barabankov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stanyo Sardarev having to interfere. When Huben Karakushev came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Changarliy 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 Huben Karakushev couldn't finish the play. A collision led to FC Tornado getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Angel Hadzhililov hit a great ball. Stanyo Sardarev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grigor Dzherov, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Stanyo Sardarev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grigor Dzherov in the 42nd minute of the match. Grigor Dzherov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Stanyo Sardarev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Grigor Dzherov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stanyo Sardarev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 48th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Radoslav Gudev to make the kick off. The Changarliy fans' excitement grew in the 54th match minute when Changarliy's Huben Karakushev looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 57 minutes into the match, Radoslav Gudev notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of FC Tornado's Bayan Mutashki. Bayan Mutashki was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the Changarliy defense, Bozhin Barabankov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stanyo Sardarev. The Changarliy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stanyo Sardarev should have stopped the shot. In the 65th match minute, Changarliy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gergin Voev to maneuver through the defense. Changarliy's Stanyo Sardarev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grigor Dzherov in the 69th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 82 minutes, Stanyo Sardarev successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. If Grigor Dzherov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Grigor Dzherov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Stanyo Sardarev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Bozhin Barabankov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bozhin Barabankov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stanyo Sardarev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 90th minute of play. Angel Hadzhililov might have been able to make a better finish in the 92nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Stanyo Sardarev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Angel Hadzhililov ran back to his position shaking his head. For all the effort they put into the match, the FC Tornado players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Changarliy.