Botev (South) beat Lokomotiv 1926 (Sofia) decisively 4:0 as a guest and climbed to seventh place in the general ranking of the efbet League, displacing CSKA 1948 from this position. "The Canaries" end the regular season with 44 points and one more than the "reds", and the two teams will also meet in the playoffs to determine a candidate for the Conference League, reports BTA.
Botev started the game more aggressively than their hosts and in the first six minutes only Samuel Akere and Dylan Mertens missed good chances, but Ume Emmanuel corrected their mistakes in the 19th minute. He received the ball from Kontantinos Baloyannis about 6 meters from the goal and beat Alexander Lyubenov for 1:0. Umeh scored his second in the 42nd minute when he received a through ball from Akere and again left the keeper no chance, giving the "canaries" two goals ahead at the break.
The half-time was marred by scandal after Lokomotiv fans started insulting the coach and the management, for which the security company of the match was sent against them. Vice-president Valentin Nikolov was unable to prevent the ban and a large part of Loko's fans left the stadium.
The bad mood of the hosts in "Nadezhda" gave its reflection and Botev quickly reached two more goals. Dylan Mertens scored in the 65th minute with a shot that deflected off the crossbar, and just three minutes later the Dutchman netted a second.
Efbet League Round 30 Matches
Krumovgrad – Slavia 2:0
Botev (Vr) – Ether 2:0
Pirin (BL) - Black Sea 0:0
Heber – Ludogorets 0:3
Levski – Beroe 1:0
Loko (South) - CSKA 1948 1:1
Loko (Sf) - Botev (Pd) 0:4
Today:
Arda - CSKA-Sofia (8:15 p.m., Diema sport)