Lokomotiv (Sofia) lost to Botev (Plovdiv) with 0:4 in a match between them from the XXX round of the First League in the Nadezhda district of the capital. The Plovdiv team set a club record after not allowing a goal in its own goal for the fifth consecutive game.
Botev is the more active team in the first quarter of an hour of the match. Legally and took the lead in the 19th minute through Ume Emmanuel. Mertens advanced through the center, passed to Balogiannis on the left, who put the ball at Ume’s feet for 0:1.
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.
63 minutes. Samuel Akere begs for a yellow card. The forward sat on the ground pretending to be injured just as he was being replaced by Sekulic. Nikola Popov showed him the yellow card. Akere will miss the first match of the week on April 27, but will be available for the return match with CSKA-Sofia.
Sekulic, with his first touch, passed to Brahimi, who returned the big penalty to Mertens. The Dutchman was merciless – his shot sent the ball into the net, hitting the crossbar 0:3.
Less than 180 seconds and Dylan Mertens scores again for 0:4. The midfielder with a cascade of feints advanced through the center and with a precise shot in the lower right corner of the goal, guarded by Lyubenov scored the fourth goal for Botev in the match.
Mohamed Brahimi showed that he lacks finishing touch. Eto’o took it alone against Ljubenov, but his cross went wide of the goal in the 75th minute.
Lokomotiv (Sofia) – Botev (Plovdiv) 0:4
0:1 Ume Emmanuel 19, 0:2 Ume Emmanuel 45, 0:3 Dylan Mertens 65, 0:4 Dylan Mertens 67
Starting lineups:
Lokomotiv Sofia): 24. Alexander Lyubenov, 12. Bruno Franko, 4. Dime Dimov, 13. Celso Raposo, 26. Krasimir Miloshev, 31. Krasimir Stanoev, 21. Antoni Ivanov, 16. Simeon Mechev, 7. Ulrich, 45. Dimitar Mitkov, 11 Carlos France.
Botev Plovdiv): 1. Hidayet Hankic, 5. Jonas Tam, 6. Dylan Mertens, 7. Mohamed Brahimi, 15. James Eto’o, 16. Samuel Akere, 17. Nikolay Minkov, 19. Antoine Conte, 20. Antonio Perera, 31. Ume Emmanuel, 38. Konstantinos Baloyiannis.
