TPAKTOP 2 - 0 GuanoApes (367115315)

Dark skies made the crowd of 30620 at Dalboka Oran a little nervous, but the rain held off. Gijs Wilkes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Randy De Beus and Mattias Mikaelsson. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Varna derby and the crowd was divided evenly. TPAKTOP tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Dueñas - Ferreira, Dishliyski, Gevrenov - Shefer, Salim, Van De Lanotte, Paczuski - Gotzev, Tashev, Milanov.

GuanoApes decided to use a 5-5-0 set up. Starters: Tikkanen - Facchi, Laterza, Chwałek, Villanger, Dymiński - Velichkov, Petrov, Racoviţă, Tzvetanov, Ginev -.

TPAKTOP were relying on their ability to counter-attack. GuanoApes preferred to finish off their attacks from a distance. GuanoApes's C. Laterza was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 40 minutes. 41 minutes in, GuanoApes's K. Petrov received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. GuanoApes's G. Villanger got himself booked for a foul. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. GuanoApes claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 70 percent.

K. Petrov delivered a good free kick from an excellent position 50 minutes into the game, but luck wasn't on GuanoApes's side this time and the ball went wide. With 51 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of TPAKTOP resulted in a counterattack that set D. Milanov free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. V. Gevrenov behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 62 minutes as he gave the ball away to T. Velichkov. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. TPAKTOP broke through on the left 63 minutes into the game, with V. Gevrenov firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. G. Bua was called on to replace GuanoApes's H. Tikkanen after 64 minutes following a nasty collision. TPAKTOP were great at switching from defence to attack, and after 72 minutes, G. Tashev swept through the middle on a counterattack, making the score 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to GuanoApes, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

D. Milanov performed admirably for TPAKTOP. On the other hand, G. Dishliyski's play was disheartening. The most dominating GuanoApes player was without a doubt N. Tzvetanov. G. Bua was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 0.