Black Sea suffered a second defeat in a row in just three days. Last season's runner-up lost 1:2 away against Loko (Sf) in a match of the third round of the First League. On Thursday, the "green and white" dropped out of the Conference League after a 1:2 defeat in front of their own audience against Apoel Be'er Sheva, BTA reports.
As early as the 9th minute, the people of Sofia had to make a forced substitution. Captain Valentin Nikolov was injured and Celso Raposo entered the field in his place.
In the 20th minute, Velislav Vasilev from the visitors made a breakthrough, which ended with a shot, but the ball was caught by the goalkeeper Alexander Lyubenov. In the additional time of the first part, Simeon Slavchev would have been on the goal of Varna, but Plamen Iliev easily handled the situation.
Lokomotiv took the lead in the 52nd minute. Bruno Franco passed for Ante Aralitsa, who with a strong shot under the crossbar did not leave any chances for Plamen Iliev – 1:0.
In the 64th minute, Stanimir Trenchev showed a red card to Mazir Sula, who was fouled by Anastasios Pitsolis. The referee consults with the video assistant referees and removes the midfielder of the "sailors" from the field.
Black Sea then struggled to find the equalizer. In the 75th minute, the reserve Dudu shot from a free kick, but the ball bounced off the wall and went out for a corner kick.
In the last minute of regular time, Svetoslav Dikov, who came off the bench, made it 2:0 after a quick attack and a leading pass by Krasimir Stanoev. In the seventh minute of extra time, Asen Donchev scored an honorary goal in favor of the Varna team with a shot from distance.
First League third round matches:
Loko (South) - Levski - 0:2
Heber - Slavia - 1:1
Spartak (Vn) - CSKA-Sofia - 3:0
Ludogorets - Arda 5:1
Loco (Sf) - Black Sea 2:1
On Sunday:
Krumovgrad - Botev (Sat) (9:15 p.m., Diema sport)
On Monday:
Botev (Vr) – Beroe (9:15 p.m., Diema sport)
Postponed match:
September - CSKA 1948