Botev (Plovdiv) entered the Top 6 after a home success with 2: 0 over Botev (Vratsa) in a match from the 29th round of the efbet League, reported Sportal.
Mohamed Brahimi (32) had a goal disallowed after VAR intervention, but Dylan Martens (37) put the hosts ahead and Antonio Perera (62) doubled the lead in the second half. The chief judge of the meeting was Ivaylo Nenkov. The match was poorly attended and watched live by just over 1000 people.
The hosts in today's match were in 9th place, and in the last five rounds the "canaries" they had two defeats, two draws and only one win. The three points earned sent them into the Top 6 round before the division of the championship into the top six and the second eight. If Botev keeps his place in the top six, this guarantees the football fans in Plovdiv a city derby with Lokomotiv of the "College".
In the 12th minute, Daniel Genov's shot hit the body of a Botev defender. The guests had claims that the ball hit the defender's hand, but there was no signal. The tempo of the game was quite low and there were no scoring opportunities in front of the two goals, although both the hosts and the visitors got corners. In the 22nd minute, Miroslav Marinov received the ball on the left flank. He controlled it and fired a right-footed shot towards the far corner of the goal, but Hankic headed it into the corner with a fine dive.
In the 25th minute, James Eto'o shot extremely inaccurately from the arc of the penalty area. The cleanest goal situation opened in the 28th minute. James Eto'o brought Ukaki face-to-face with the visitors' goalkeeper, but the right half-back was unable to overcome Krasimir Kostov and shot at him.
However, Botev took the lead in the 32nd minute from an identical situation where Mohamed Brahimi was brought alone against the goalkeeper. This time the striker overcame Krasi Kostov, but unfortunately for him, VAR intervened and signaled an offside at the moment of James Eto'o's pass.
Seven minutes later, Dylan Martens scored and this time the goal was counted. A wonderful individual technique by the midfielder ended with a merciless shot just under the crossbar of the goal behind Krasi Kostov. The midfielder showed technique and entered the penalty area, and his shot was very good.
In the 58th minute, Brahimi's second goal was disallowed due to an offside. In the 61st minute, Marko Majuga put the ball on Claire Serber's head. The striker could have stopped the ball, but instead he immediately intercepted the cross. However, his shot went wide of the goal. Botev immediately reacted with a shot from Mertens, in which Krasi Kostov saved with a nice dive on the grass.
In the 62nd minute, Antonio Perera doubled the lead of the people of Plovdiv. He had positioned himself on the second post, and the Vracani defense had forgotten about his presence in the penalty area. It was easy work for Perera to head and beat Krasi Kostov.
At the end of the match, Faustas Steponavichus' shot went past the right post.
BOTEV (PLOVDIV) - BOTEV (VRATSA) 2:0
1:0 Dylan Martens (39)
2:0 Antonio Perera (62)
Starting lineups:
BOTEV: 1. Hidayet Hankic, 4. Success Ukaki, 5. Jonas Tam, 6. Dylan Martens, 7. Mohamed Brahimi, 15. James Eto‘o, 17. Nikolay Minkov, 19. Antoine Conte, 20. Antonio Perera, 31. Ume Emmanuel, 38. Konstantinos Baloyiannis;
BOTEV (Vratsa): 76. Krasimir Kostov, 23. Brian Mendoza, 8. Clery Serber, 9. Daniel Genov, 19. Brian Perea, 29. Martin Bachev, 24. Martin Smolenski, 13. Martin Achkov, 27. Messi Biatumusoka, 15. Miroslav Marinov, 14. Marko Majuga;