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Ludogorets made the rematch against Heber meaningless for the Bulgarian Cup, after winning the first semi-final at Huevefarma Arena with a more than decisive 4:0. In this way, Ludogorets is already looking towards the final of the tournament.
Ludogorets took the lead in the 4th minute. The home team attacked from the right. Heber’s defense did not deal well with Son’s cross. The ball ended up in Rick Jonathan, who beat Petar Deberliev with a nice ground kick.
Ludogorets made the score 2:0 in the 21st minute. Pedro Naresi received from the right and continued to Kwadwo Dua. He with one to Jakub Piotrovski. The Pole immediately set the ball to the feet of Rick, who scored his second goal of the game.
In the 27th minute, Kabov was brought out on the right flank. He got almost to the touchline and cut to Sheikh Diamanka, whose shot from a clean situation went wide.
In the counterattack, Jakub Piotrovski came out alone against Deberliev, but shot very inaccurately.
In the 55th minute, Ludogorets took a 3:0 lead against Heber. Todor Nedelev crosses from a corner kick. Pedro Naresi deflected a header towards Dinis Almeida, who put the ball into Deberliev’s goal from close range. There were suspicions of an offside, but the VAR check confirmed the regularity of the goal.
In the 80th minute, Ludogorets went up 4:0. Danny Grouper had too much free space in front of him. He ventured down the flank and launched a pass parallel to the goal line. Tissera intercepted from close range, and Petar Deberliev reacted brilliantly and saved. The goalkeeper had no chances with the subsequent addition of Spas Delev, who scored in an empty net.
In stoppage time, Bernard Tekpetei missed a perfect opportunity to make it 5-0, firing from a very good position in Heber’s penalty area into the box.
The protocol rematch in Pazardzhik is in a week.
