Lokomotiv (Sofia) – Botev (Plovdiv) 0:4 (Development of the meeting by minutes)

90+4′

Tournament: efbet League
Stadium: “Lokomotiv”, Plovdiv
Audience: 800

90+4′		END OF THE MATCH!
86′		Yellow card for Martin Sekulich.
67′		GOOOOL! MERTENS!! 0:4!! Just two minutes later, Mertens was back in the spotlight. He went like a parade through several home defenders and technically sent the ball past Ljubenov for 4:0 in favor of Botev.
65′		GOOOOL! MERTENS! 0:3!! In the 65th minute, the guests reached the 3rd goal. Sekulic advanced the ball into the home side’s box and passed to Brahimi, who one-touched back to Dylan Mertens and the Dutchman finished with a superb shot from the edge of the box. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced behind the goal line of Lyubenov’s goal.
63′		Samuel Akere absolutely deliberately picked up a yellow card shortly before his substitution to miss Botev’s next match but be in line for the second leg with CSKA in the semi-finals of the Bulgarian Cup.
51′		The hosts stepped up at the start of the second half and made several good attacks, and on one of them France advanced dangerously and crossed into Botev’s box, but the visitors cleared. Hankic had claims of a foul on France in the build-up to the attack and received a yellow card from Nikola Popov.
45′		THE GAME IS RESUMING! Source: startphoto.bg
45+1′		REST!
42′		GOOOOL! 0:2!! MIND!! Shortly before the break, the visitors scored a second goal. Lokomotiv first had a chance to score after Kevin Mai’s shot, but Hankic made a brilliant save and cleared for a corner. After the corner, the “Canaries” organized another quick counter-attack through Eto’o, who entered the home team’s box and passed excellently to Ume Emmanuel, and the Nigerian showed enviable confidence and beat Lubenov for the second time.
40′		Another yellow card. Get it Kevin Mai.
33′		Duty yellow card for Carlos France. It’s his 12th of the season.
20′		Konstantinos Baloyiannis received the first yellow card of the match.
19′		GOOOOL! 0:1!! MIND! The logical thing happened in the 19th minute, when the visitors organized a lightning counterattack. Mertens advanced through the center and passed to the left to Baloyianis, who in turn crossed sharply on the ground to Emmanuel Ume, and for the Nigerian the easiest thing was to simply send the ball into the net.
16′		In the 16th minute, the “canaries” created a new danger in front of Lokomotiv’s goal, this time from a corner. After the cross, Jonas Tam was able to head home, but the ball went inches wide of the right post.
6′		Shortly after, Brahimi also had a chance to shoot, but his shot also went wide of the post. The visitors definitely entered the match better. Source: startphoto.bg
4′		Already in the 4th minute, Botev reached his first good situation. James Eto’o sliced through the Lokomotiv defense with an excellent pass and Samuel Akere managed to get a shot wide.
1′		START OF THE MATCH!

Lokomotiv (Sofia) hosts Botev (Plovdiv) in an important match of the 30th round of the efbet Liga. The match at the stadium in the capital’s Nadezhda district starts at 5:45 p.m. The chief judge of the meeting will be Nikola Popov.

For the hosts, victory is at all costs because they are in the relegation zone. The team from the capital is 14th in the standings and another loss will make their path even more difficult before the playoffs. Lokomotiv will be without Diogo Teixeira, who is suspended for accumulated yellow cards.

The residents of Plovdiv, on the other hand, are fighting for the seventh place in the ranking. “Canaries” just a few days ago beat CSKA 1:0 for the Bulgarian Cup. The team will be without its leader and captain Ivelin Popov, as he has a 1 match suspension.

Yannis Karabelov, who is expected to be in the starting line-up after missing several games due to a hand injury, will return to the team.

In the first clash between the two teams, Dusan Kerkez’s players ran over the people of Sofia 6:0.