Cherno More and Ludogorets drew – 1:1, in a match from the 22nd round of the elite football group of Bulgaria. Both goals in the match fell in the first half. With the point, Cherno More overtook Botev Plovdiv and now occupies third place with 42 points, one more than the Plovdiv team. The champions have 57 points, 8 more than the second Levski, BTA reported.
The first serious opportunity in the match was for the champions in the 11th minute when Caio Vidal shot from the edge of the penalty area, but inaccurately. In the 26th minute, Georgi Rusev from the guests shot from about 20 meters diagonally to the right, but Cherno More goalkeeper Plamen Iliev caught the ball. In the 33rd minute, Ludogorets players had claims for a penalty, for a handball in the penalty area by Vlatko Drobarov. After checking with the VAR system, referee Valentin Zhelezov awarded a penalty kick, which Jakub Piotrovski converted in the 36th minute.
The hosts equalized in the 2nd minute of added time of the first half. Nikolay Zlatev received the ball from the right, took it on his chest, passed it to Jakub Piotrovski and with a volley scored into the far corner of the champions' goal for 1:1.
In the 48th minute, Vasil Panayotov shot dangerously diagonally from the right, but the ball went wide of the visitors' goal. Weslen Junior headed the ball after a cross from the right in the 54th minute, but it fell into the hands of Ludogorets goalkeeper Hendrik Bonman. In the 65th minute, Jakub Piotrovski shot dangerously from distance, but goalkeeper Plamen Iliev caught the ball. In the next minute, Vasil Panayotov was brought out alone against the visitors' goalkeeper Hendrik Bonman, but shot weakly and the champions' goalkeeper prevented a sure goal.
Ivan Yordanov shot from more than 30 meters in the 78th minute, but was inaccurate. In the 80th minute, Nikolay Zlatev had a great opportunity to score another goal, but shot very inaccurately from a good position in the visitors' penalty area. In the 90+2 minute, the home team's goalkeeper Plamen Iliev prevented a sure goal after clearing the ball after a dangerous header by Erik Marcus.