2011 Bulgarian Cup final

2011 Bulgarian Cup final

Event	2010–11 Bulgarian Cup
CSKA Sofia Slavia Sofia A Group A Group 1 0
Date	25 May 2011
Venue	Vasil Levski, Sofia
Man of the Match	Spas Delev
Referee	Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
Attendance	17,500
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The 2011 Bulgarian Cup final was the 71st final of the Bulgarian Cup. The match took place on 25 May 2011 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. The match was contested by CSKA Sofia, who beat Litex Lovech 2–1 in their semi-final, and Slavia Sofia who beat Pirin Blagoevgrad 7–6 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after extra time.^[1] CSKA won the final 1–0, claiming their twenty Bulgarian Cup triumph, with forward Spas Delev scoring the only goal of the game in the 39th minute.^[2][3]

Up to the 2011 final, CSKA Sofia had reached the Bulgarian Cup Final 32 times, winning nineteen of them, while Slavia Sofia had won seven of their ten finals.

CSKA Sofia		Round	Slavia Sofia
Sliven 2000 A 3–1	Yanchev 56', Delev 72', Sheridan 90'	Round Two	Ludogorets A 2–0	Bozhov 18', 45'
Malesh A 3–0	Delev 60', 73', Sheridan 64'	Round Three	Etar A 1–0	Dimitrov 40'
Cherno More H 2–0	Delev 34', Marquinhos 67'	Quarter Final	Chernomorets A 4–4 aet 5–3 pen	Bozhov 16', 90', Kushev 69', Moldovanov 102' Penalties: Bozhov , Kushev , Mansharov , Dimitrov , Jose Junior
Litex H 2–1[4]	Delev 27', 87'	Semi Final	Pirin H 1–1 aet 7–6 pen[5]	Peev 45' Penalties: Hristov , Bozhov , Peev , Mansharov , Jose Junior , Filipov , Dimitrov , Moldovanov

The match ball for the 2011 Bulgarian Cup Final was the Puma PowerCat 1.10. The ball has an irregular 20-panel configuration. The ball will be used only for the final.^[6]

Petrich-based referee Ivaylo Stoyanov was named as the referee for the 2011 Bulgarian Cup Final on 23 May 2011. His assistants for the 2011 final were Nikolay Angelov and Ventsislav Gavrilov, with Tasko Taskov as the fourth official.^[7]

A goal six minutes before the interval from right winger Spas Delev gave Milen Radukanov’s team victory. The goal capped off a remarkable achievement from Delev, who found the net in every round of the competition. Delev finished smartly for his goal in the 39th minute, placing home from six yards. Slavia striker Nikolay Bozhov should have equalised two minutes later, only to be denied by a good save from CSKA goalkeeper Ivan Karadzhov.

There were several chances in the last 20 minutes and CSKA should have gone 2-0 up when Gregory Nelson was played through, but he missed his chance. It nearly proved costly as Karadzhov spilled a shot soon after, but Radoslav Dimitrov missed in the goalmouth scramble as CSKA lifted the cup for the first time since they beat Cherno More Varna 3-1 in the 2006 final. Slavia ended the game with 10 men after Brazilian defender Josias Basso was sent off in the closing stages.

25 May 2011

19:00 EET

CSKA Sofia	1–0	Slavia Sofia
Delev 39'	Report

Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

CSKA

Slavia

CSKA: GK 12 Ivan Karadzhov RB 11 Ivan Bandalovski CB 6 Giuseppe Aquaro CB 19 Apostol Popov LB 8 Rumen Trifonov DM 5 Todor Yanchev (c) DM 18 Boris Galchev AM 28 Marquinhos  82'  82' RW 7 Spas Delev  90+3' LW 29 Gregory Nelson  90+1'  90' CF 9 Michel Platini  76' Substitutes: GK 88 Blagoy Makendzhiev MF 21 Kosta Yanev MF 22 Petar Stoyanov  82' MF 23 Emil Gargorov MF 24 Aleksandar Tonev  76' FW 26 Cillian Sheridan  90' FW 27 Stanko Yovchev Manager: Milen Radukanov

Slavia: GK 1 Emil Petrov (c) RB 18 Filip Filipov CB 4 Josias Basso  55'  89' CB 35 Diyan Moldovanov LB 22 Viktor Genev DM 27 Tom Mansharov DM 8 Pavle Popara  58' AM 7 Iliya Iliev  53' RW 44 José Júnior  78' LW 20 Radoslav Dimitrov  21' CF 17 Nikolay Bozhov Substitutes: GK 12 Stefano Kunchev MF 5 Spas Georgiev  53' FW 9 Georgi Hristov  58' MF 10 Yordan Yurukov FW 19 Martin Kushev  89'  78' DF 25 Victor Deniran MF 77 Daniel Peev Manager: Emil Velev

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