Botev (Vratsa) won valuable three points after a great turnaround over Pirin

Botev (Vratsa) beat Pirin 2:1 in the first match for both teams from the efbet Liga playoffs in the elite survival group. Ivan Tasev scored for the hosts from Blagoevgrad in the 8th minute, and in the first minute of added time of the first half, Martin Achkov managed to equalize. In the 49th minute, Martin Smolenski brought the turnaround for Vrachani with a goal for 2:1.

The hosts took the lead in the 8th minute of the match with a goal by Ivan Tasev. The goal came after a horrendous mistake by Messi Biatumusoka, who slipped at the most inopportune moment, which allowed Ivan Tasev to take the ball away from him and into the Vracani penalty area. Alone against the goalkeeper, he could not make a mistake and scored for 1:0.

Botev (Vratsa) reacted immediately and in the 17th minute Claire Serber managed to enter the penalty area and cross parallel to the goal line, but Kovalev was careful and managed to deflect the ball.

The pressure from the visitors continued and Brian Mendoza crossed sharply into the penalty area, where Brian Perea tried a trick kick with his heel. However, his technical performance did not end up in the goal of the people of Blagoevgrad, and so the result was preserved.

Pirin responded to the dangerous attacks instantly. Vencislav Benguyuzov shoots from distance, but the ball flies over the crossbar.

The equalizer came in the closing minutes of the first half. Vracani got an opportunity to take a direct free kick, and behind the ball stood Martin Achkov, who sent the ball into the upper left corner of the goal from a long distance, and the guard Kovalov did not move.

Only 4 minutes after the resumption of the game, Martin Smolenski was able to complete the complete turnaround in the match. Brian Perea crossed into the penalty area, where Boubacar Traore failed to play, but the ball reached the uncovered Martin Smolenski, who scored for 1:2.

In the 54th minute, Vrachani were down by one man, after Brian Mendoza was shown a straight red card!

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Half an hour later, in the 84th minute, Vrachani keeper Krasimir Kostov knocked the ball over the crossbar after Abu’s shot from the edge of the penalty area.

In the 90th minute, the referee of the match, Ivo Andreev, awarded a penalty to Botev (Vratsa), after Ayoub Abu held Daniel Genov right on the edge of the penalty area. Brian Perea stood behind the ball, but then Andreev was called by the VAR and canceled the penalty kick.

Until the end of the match, the Vracans held on and recorded an important victory in a match that lasted over 100 minutes.