Loko (Sf) defeated Botev (Pd) 3:2 in the match of the 19th round of the First League. Sofia scored two quick goals in the first half through Bozhidar Katsarov and Caue Caruso, and Franklin Mascotte returned one goal for Botev. After the resumption of the game, Plovdiv's players imposed superiority and after a bunch of misses, they still reached an equalizing goal through Mascotte in the 87th minute. In the last minute of regular time, Messi Biatumusoka brought three points for Lokomotiv.
The first half started with a bang, as in the 16th minute Bozhidar Katsarov scored his first goal since the beginning of the season, to mark his match number 100 for the capital's “railwaymen“. He scored after intercepting a cross from a corner.
120 seconds later, Kaue Caruso doubled the home team's lead. Caruso made a double pass with Spas Delev on the right and, left alone against Daniel Naumov, sent the ball into the net.
Botev (Plovdiv) returned to the match after half an hour of play through Franklin Mascotte. The “Canaries” striker scored with a header after a corner kick.
After the restart, Botev created a bunch of chances. First, Mascotte missed an excellent opportunity to restore parity. He was brought out by Nikola Iliev alone against the home goalkeeper, but shot inaccurately.
Then Oko-Flex and Minkov made mistakes, and Andrey Yordanov's shot bounced off the crossbar.
However, in the 87th minute, Mascotte headed after Armstrong Oko-Flex's cross, and the ball initially bounced off the top bar and then stopped behind the goal line. Everything in the match was decided in the last minute of the match, when Messi Biatumusoka technically headed the final 3:2.
Bulgarian Football Championship - 19th round in efbet League:
Loko (Sf) - Botev (Pd) 3:2
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