The home champion Ludogorets started the summer tests at its camp in Austria with a loss. The team lost to the Czech champion Slavia Prague 1:2, BTA reported.
The opponent led 2:0 before the break, with the goals scored by Hitil in the 13th and 27th minutes from the penalty spot. The goals for the Czechs fell after inaccuracies in the defense of the "eagles".
In the first half, Ludogorets had numerous scoring opportunities, but the excellent interventions of the Czech goalkeeper did not allow the Bulgarian team to score. The clearest chances were the work of Caio Vidal and Erik Marcus, whose shots were miraculously saved by the Czech guard. Aslak von Vitry also had a good chance to score once.
In the second half, Ludogorets coach Rui Motta, for whom the match was an unofficial debut, made numerous substitutions. Eric Bielet, who came into the game, reduced the score at the beginning of the second half, after taking advantage of a mix-up in front of Slavia's goal and excellent individual play by Emerson. In the following minutes, Ludogorets pressed and was on the verge of scoring an equalizer several times. Ivaylo Chochev and Bernard Tekpetey made misses. Emerson was close to equalizing once. In turn, the Czechs once hit the post with a long-range shot.
New signing Stanislav Ivanov also made his debut for Ludogorets, who appeared in the game in the 69th minute.
The next possession of the "eagles" is on June 25, when the opponent is the Polish giant Legia Warsaw.
Ludogorets starting lineup for the match with Slavia: Sergio Padt, Aslak Von Witri, Alex Lukanov, Edwin Kurtulus, Simeon Shishkov, Pedro Naresi, Todor Nedelev, Agibu Camara, Caio Vidal, Eric Marcus, Kwadwo Dua
During the break, the following came into play: Damyan Hristov, Dinish Almeida, Son, Chochev, Ivan Yordanov, Elisey Sarov, Emerson, Bernard Tekpetey, Eric Bile, Metodiy Stefanov, Filip Gigov, Stanislav Ivanov and Nasko Yanev.