Velingrad 0 - 10 RUSE (351698032)

12000 spectators arrived at Velingrad Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Jesús Manuel Pérez Ponce was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bill Persson and Thierry De Munter. Velingrad started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Karekinyan - Traykov, Alexandrov, Spasov, Kozlev - Tzokanov, Gorov, Vúlchov, Vladkov - Alexandrov, Marinov.

RUSE decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Cappelletti - Petrushev, Pelkonen, Krústev, Manzur - Wölfer, Laborde, Uldanck, Petraroli - Tovmasyan, Rodríguez.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of RUSE. With 8 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. A. Petrushev put the ball away for 0 - 1. After 21 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave A. Petrushev a chance to increase the lead for RUSE, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. The visitors' A. Petrushev took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 24 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for RUSE. By then A. Petrushev had scored three goals - a hat trick! With 25 minutes played, RUSE put themselves up 0 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was H. Tovmasyan. At this point, it was obvious that the players of RUSE lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. V. Tzokanov of Velingrad was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 31 minutes of game time, I. Krústev had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but T. Karekinyan was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. It was 0 - 4 at the break. RUSE enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 75 percent of possession.

48 minutes in, RUSE's P. Petraroli received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. E. Uldanck received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 61 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 5. The RUSE fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. G. Wölfer's lightning pace was too much for O. Kozlev who could only look on as the RUSE player blasted one home. 0 - 6. The home crowd was not impressed when C. Rodríguez came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 74 minutes. RUSE were now up 0 - 7. After 79 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for A. Petrushev who increased RUSE's lead to 0 - 8. The visitors' P. Petraroli took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 81 minutes into the match. 0 - 9 for RUSE. Some fine movement on the left led to a RUSE goal after 83 minutes, making it 0 - 10. E. Uldanck was noted down as the scorer. RUSE had most of the ball, with 79 percent of possession.

Most important Velingrad player was V. Alexandrov. On the other hand, T. Karekinyan's play was disheartening. The most dominating RUSE player was without a doubt C. Rodríguez. However, I. Krústev made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 10.