Krumovgrad achieved its first away win since the beginning of the season in the First League, after winning by 2: 0 when visiting Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) in a match from the 10th round of the championship. Both goals in the match came in the first half, with Serkan Yussein and Mateus Enrique scoring in the space of just 9 minutes, scoring in the 23rd and 32nd minutes respectively. In the second half, both teams hit the crossbar once, reports BTA.
So after the news about the retirement of the owner of the “Smurfs” Hristo Krusharski, Krumovgrad deepened the crisis. Loko (South) remains with only one victory as a host since the beginning of the new campaign in the Bulgarian football elite and with only one success in its last six matches.
In the 23rd minute, Atanas Rybarski's players opened the scoring after a quick counterattack that caught the defense of the “black and whites” off guard. Enrique broke away down the right flank, then cut inside and cleverly brought Serkan Yusein alone against Lukov, and the former Botev (Plovdiv) player technically finished past the Lokomotiv keeper – 0:1.
In the 32nd minute, Krumovgrad scored a second goal. The home defense again mishandled Momchil Tsvetanov's cross from the left and the ball found its way to Mateus Enrique, who was left unmarked and had enough time to gain control and fire into the bottom right corner to double his side's lead. team – 0:2.
By the end of the first part, Johan N‘zi from the “railway workers“ was forcibly replaced due to injury and Martin Haydarov appeared in his place.
At the very beginning of the second half, the visitors could score a third goal. Todor Pavlov slipped on a pass to Rafael Furtado in the penalty area and that left the striker alone against Lukov, but the Brazilian opted to feint the Lokomotiv goalkeeper and close in.
By the end of the meeting "railway workers" tried to press their opponent in search of a goal. In the 84th minute, Luboslav Penev's players played well in the opposing half. Angel Lyaskov was brought out from the left in the penalty area and tried a shot on the diagonal, which was reflected by Yanko Georgiev. Six minutes later, the goalkeeper of Krumovgrad showed an excellent reflex on a strong shot by Martin Haydarov to preserve his team's lead.
Matches from the 10th round of the First League:
Loco (SF) - Heber - 0:0
Beroe - Slavia- 1:0
Loco (SW) – Krumovgrad 0:2
Today:
Black Sea - CSKA-Sofia (20:00, Diema sport)
On Sunday:
CSKA 1948 - Botev (S) (4:45 p.m., Diema sport)
Levski – Arda (6:45 p.m., Diema sport)
Botev (Vr) – Ludogorets (21, 15 hours, Diema sport)
On Monday:
September - Spartak (Vn) (8 p.m., Diema sport)