Septemvri (Sofia) suffered another home defeat in the Second League – this time with 1:2 against Dunav (Ruse), which is in the middle of the ranking, but remains in 2nd place in the Second League and the main contender for promotion to the elite. But Marek’s team (Dupnitsa) is only 4 points behind them, which today defeated the second team of CSKA 1948 1:0. The only goal was scored by Nikolay Ganchev in the 84th minute.
Dunavtsi took a 2-0 lead inside 12 minutes when veteran striker Miroslav Budinov scored twice from two penalties. Both were made by central defender Ivan Arsov, and Budinov made no mistake against Sheitanov. In those minutes, Septemvri’s attacks did not bode well for goalkeeper Daniel Nikolov.
7 minutes after the start of the second half, Septemvri returned a goal through Martin Toshev. He headed Martin Stoyanov’s cross from the right from ten meters away.
The hosts continued to look for new goals in Nikolov’s goal and in the 74th, the reserve Aykut Ramadan, who brought a lot of freshness, hit the post. He received the ball on the left wing, went inside to the center and shot, but the ball bounced into the frame over the goalkeeper’s head.
The pressure continued and there was another post that hit Jean-Pierre da Silva in the 86th minute. The powerful French forward from 8 meters failed to hit the net. A corner kick followed, Asen Georgiev jumped the highest and hit the ball with his shoulder, which again bounced off the crossbar. In the ensuing melee, Zahari Atanasov got dangerously into the legs of Luis Pahama and was sent off with a straight red card.
