Cherno More failed to beat nine-man Krumovgrad as a guest – 1:1. Thus, Ilian Iliev's team remains without success since the beginning of the spring part of the championship. The guests missed a goal lead, realized by Mazir Sula in the 40th minute, and subsequently failed to take advantage of a numerical advantage on the field, remaining with one more man after a direct red card to Sinasi Mahamadou in the 68th minute. The hosts, on the other hand, finished the match with 9 men, as Katalin Itu received two yellow cards and was sent off in the 89th minute.
Cherno More started the match more actively and could have opened the score right from the start. After a cross by Viktor Popov, Zhivko Atanasov found himself in a shooting position in the penalty area, but from a few meters he shot over the goal.
In the 12th minute, the captain of the “Sailors“ Vasil Panayotov made an accurate diagonal shot, saved by Yanko Georgiev. Shortly after, Mazir Sula also had a good chance to shoot at the home team's goal, but his shot was also blocked by the Krumovgrad guard.
The guests had minutes of dominance, in which, however, Ilian Iliev's players had difficulty finding empty spaces in the opponent's half. However, in the 40th minute, the Varna team took advantage of its game advantage and took the lead. Mazir Sula received a pass from the right in the penalty area and with a measured shot on the diagonal found the lower right corner of Yanko Georgiev for 0:1. With this result, the break came.
However, Atanas Ribarski's players equalized at the very beginning of the second half. The Black Sea defense did not navigate well with Adrian Kova's treacherous cross from a direct free kick, goalkeeper Plamen Iliev also remained under the ball and at the far post Sidney Obisa added to the empty goal for 1:1.
In the 68th minute, the hosts were left with one man less on the field. Sinasi Mahamadou, who came on as a substitute at the break, got into a dangerous duel with Daniel Dimov, stepping on him with the buttons above the ankle. The head referee Kristian Kolev was called to the monitor to review the situation with the help of the VAR system and showed a direct red card to the new addition of Krumovgrad.
After being left with one man more on the field, the "sailors" They were looking for a winning goal and were very close to it in the 81st minute. After a soft pass from Viktor Popov into the penalty area, Stanislav Rabotov failed to clear well and the ball fell to Ismail Isa, who, however, shot wide of the goal from a few meters. The hosts finished the match with 9 men on the pitch, as in the 89th minute Katalin Itu received a second yellow and red card and was also sent off.
Bulgarian Football Championship, matches from the 21st round of efbet League:
Botev (Vratsa) - Loko (Sf) 0:3
Krumovgrad - Cherno more (Varna) 1:1
Today:
Spartak 1918 (Varna) - Botev (Plovdiv) (3:00 PM, Diema Sport)
Hebar 1918 (Pazardzhik) - Levski (Sofia) (5:30 PM, Diema Sport)
On Sunday:
Loko (Pd) - Septemvri (12:30 p.m., Diema Sport)
Ludogorets - Beroe (3:00 p.m., Diema Sport)
CSKA-Sofia - Arda 1924 (5:30 p.m., Diema Sport)
On Monday:
Slavia - CSKA 1948 (5:30 p.m., Diema Sport)