Levski defeated Loko (Sf) as a host in a match of the 16th round of the Bulgarian football efbet League, broadcast by BTA. The match of "Gerena" didn't start at a fast pace, but the "blues" they played more actively in attack and after a quarter of an hour they had claims for a penalty because of a handball by Lokomotiv's defender Dime Dimov. The referee reviewed the replay situation and respected the protest of the "blues".
Marin Petkov (right) stood at the penalty spot and shot into the left corner of Alexander Lyubenov's goal, but the Levski teenager dived and cleared the ball for a corner kick. It was played short to Aldair, who crossed to the uncovered Marinov at the far post, who intercepted the ball from the air and this time beat Lyubenov for 1:0.
The ball was intercepted by Kelian van der Kaap and fell into the path of Christian Dimitrov, who was accurate for 2:0.
Alexander Kolev got the first two chances to score in the second half, but was unable to increase the lead of the "blues". In the 80th minute, the reserve Iliyan Stefanov overcame the goalkeeper Ljubenov after a blocked shot by Mustafa Sangare, but was in an ambush.
First League round of 16 matches:
Spartak (Vn) - Heber - 4:0
Arda - Loko (Pd) - 4:2
Botev (Pd) - Botev (Vr) – 3:1
Levski - Loko (Sf) – 2:0
On Sunday:
Beroe – September (12.15 p.m., Diema sport)
CSKA 1948 - Black Sea (2:30 p.m., Diema Sport)
CSKA-Sofia – Ludogorets (17.00 hours, Diema sport)
On Monday:
Slavia – Krumovgrad (5:30 p.m., Diema sport)