BUCKSTON 7 - 0 Leeds (382580597)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 48424 at Motopista today. Asgeir Rønning was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Edward Stock and Osman Kargı. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Sofia derby and the crowd was divided evenly. BUCKSTON tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Parushev - Terziev, Nicholas, Apáti - Claerhout, Fluegel, Bonadona, Fehér, Barbier - Grygier, Spasov.

Leeds decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Vasilev - Maschlanka, Chochev, Ananiev, Malkanov - Beleliev, Mala, Errandonea, Koykov - Dimitrov, Orenbo.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Leeds. BUCKSTON's K. Claerhout tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. BUCKSTON fans held their breath as N. Spasov scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! BUCKSTON's K. Claerhout was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - N. Spasov managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 2 - 0 after 28 minutes. After 32 minutes, the defensive line of Leeds created a counterattack through the middle that gave A. Dimitrov a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. With 33 minutes played, BUCKSTON put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to N. Spasov, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. That made three goals for N. Spasov and he was marked down for the hat trick. After 34 minutes, I. Nicholas sent the corner kick right to M. Bonadona who headed it sharply past the keeper. 4 - 0! By now, the players in BUCKSTON felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 4 - 0 was the halftime score. BUCKSTON claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

After 47 minutes, BUCKSTON's I. Nicholas found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 5 - 0. Leeds's R. Maschlanka got himself booked for a foul. Leeds were able to draw a foul with their counterattacks, but the shot from A. Dimitrov went into the arms of the keeper. I. Parushev made a brilliant save 61 minutes into the match, blocking a rocket of a shot from P. Beleliev on the right hand side. F. Fluegel wanted to play on, but the BUCKSTON coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 70 minutes into the game by R. Hannemann. Leeds's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 72 minutes gone, but O. Orenbo's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. BUCKSTON managed to extend their lead to 6 - 0 when P. Grygier cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. BUCKSTON's A. Barbier was shown a yellow card after 86 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, B. Vasilev of Leeds spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in BUCKSTON's I. Nicholas increasing the lead to 7 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by BUCKSTON, with 66 percent of the ball.

BUCKSTON's best player was N. Spasov. A. Terziev was a disappointment, however. G. Koykov performed admirably for Leeds. On the other hand, W. Mala's play was disheartening. The match ends 7 - 0.