Defender Christian Dimitrov scored the only goal with a header in stoppage time in the first half and Levski beat Slavia 1:0 at the "Alexander Shalamanov" stadium. in a match of the ninth round of the Bulgarian football efbet League. So the "blue" tied at the top of the standings with the champion Ludogorets, who, however, has a game less, BTA reported.
Slavia occupies 12th position with eight points and one less than Lokomotiv 1929 (Sofia) and CSKA-Sofia. The two teams were not particularly active in attack at the beginning of the match, but the "white" they reached the first position after half an hour of play. Karl Fabien received the ball in a one-on-one situation with debutant starter Christian Macoon and broke free from him in the box. A diagonal kick followed, which, however, was deflected by Matej Markovic.
At that point, Slavia had four shots to none for the "blues", but the two teams soon traded one position each. First, a dangerous shot by Everton Bala was deflected by Svetoslav Vutsov, and in the counter-attack Karl Fabien found Quentin Seedorf unmarked at the far post. However, he played rather with his knee and was unable to hit the goal from close range.
Seconds later Levski had a good chance. Everton Bala feinted Kristian Stoyanov and shot towards the Slavia goal, but Vutsov fingered the ball and it hit the crossbar. In the 43rd minute, Mustafa Sangare broke away from the defense of the home team, but he also failed to overcome Vutsov.
Vutsov had a good game, but he was to blame for the first goal of the game. Levski took a corner after 45 minutes and Everton Bala sent a good cross, and the guard of the "whites" came out and couldn't get to the ball. This was done by Christian Dimitrov behind him, who was accurate with a header for 1:0 in favor of Levski.
At the beginning of the second half, Marin Petkov had a good opportunity to shoot from the edge of the penalty area, but the ball went past the goal, and in the 70th minute, Everton Bala also had a chance. However, his shot was blocked by Svetoslav Vutsov. Slavia was far from its game in the first half and failed to create clear chances, and therefore did not reach an equalizing goal. Thus, Zlatomir Zagorcic's team remained in 12th place after suffering a third defeat in a row.