Levski defeated Beroe 3:2 in their last test before the start of the official efbet League and Europa League matches for the “Blues”, sportal.bg reported.
Julio Velasquez's players showed completely different faces during the two halves and after losing 0:2 at the break, they eventually won 3:2. Carlos Algara opened the scoring midway through the first half, and Juan Pablo Salomoni doubled the lead shortly before the break.
However, in the second half, Levski came to a complete turnaround with two goals from Radoslav Kirilov and one from Borislav Rupanov.
This was Levski's last game before the official Europa League matches and the new championship. In their previous friendly matches so far, Julio Velasquez's players have recorded three victories - 5:1 over Spartak (Pleven), 1:0 over Radnik (Surdulica) and 3:0 over Montana. For Beroe, this will be the third match of the preparation after the losses to Hebar - 0:1 and Chernomorets (Burgas) - 0:4.
The first danger came in the fifth minute, when Radoslav Kirilov was brought into a clear position, but his attempt to overcome Artur Mota ended with a corner kick from the guard.
In the 20th minute, Levski defender Kristian Dimitrov received a red card after holding Leandro Godoy, after being the last in defense. As is tradition, however, in the controls, "the blues" did not remain with a man less, and Cristian Macun came into play in his place.
The Venezuelan's first action, however, led to a goal in his team's goal. The defender allowed Godoy to take the ball away from him and immediately passed to Carlos Algara, who found a way to pierce Svetoslav Vutsov.
In the 30th minute, Georgi Kostadinov could have equalized after a shot by Carlos Ohene deflected into him and went towards the goal frame, but Mota cleared it.
Several chances to equalize followed, but in the 41st minute, Beroe scored a second goal. In a cross from a corner kick, Salomoni proved to be the most resourceful in shuffling and sent the ball into Vutsov's net for the second time.
Shortly after that, Levski hit the post after Tsunami managed to head the ball, but the ball stopped in the post and saved Mota's goal.
At the beginning of the second half, Levski applied pressure, which paid off in the 56th minute, when Marin Petkov fought for the ball in the penalty area, then returned it to Everton Bala, who was blocked, but the ball reached the empty goal in front of Kirilov, who could hardly make a mistake.
In the 69th minute, the "blues" came to an equalizer. Patrik Mislovich crossed excellently to Rupanov, who headed past Mota for 2:2.
Ten minutes later, Kirilov made a complete turnaround for Levski. A long pass to the winger was intercepted by a player in green, but not well enough and the national team scored from a very small angle with a strong shot.
A little later, Karl Fabien could have scored another goal in the Beroe goal, but his shot from the edge of the penalty area stopped in the crossbar.
LEVSKI 3:2 BEROE
0:1 Algara (24)
0:2 Salomoni (41)
1:2 Kirilov (56)
2:2 Rupanov (69)
3:2 Kirilov (79)
LEVSKI: 92. Svetoslav Vutsov, 71. Oliver Kamdem, 50. Kristian Dimitrov, 6. Tsunami (K), 3. Maicon, 8. Carlos Ohene, 70. Georgi Kostadinov, 37. Rildo Filho, 17. Everton Bala, 99. Radoslav Kirilov, 12. Mustafa Sangare
Reserves: 1. Ognyan Vladimirov, 4. Christian Makun, 7. Fabio Lima, 11. Javad El Jemili, 18. Gasper Turdin, 21. Aldair, 23. Patrik Mislovic, 77. Borislav Rupanov, 88. Marin Petkov, 95. Carl Fabien
BEROE: 1. Artur Motta, 3. Juan Pablo Salomoni, 6. Ivaylo Mitev, 9. Leandro Godoy, 11. Ismael Ferrer, 14. Victorio Valkov, 19. Carlos Algara, 20. Jnluka Koya, 21. Alberto Salido, 24. Stefan Gavrilov, 30. Joao Mileirao
Reserves: 13. Stilian Maksimov, 4. Daniel Genov, 7. Zhitomir Zhekov, 8. David Mikhalev, 10. Nenee, 12. Martin Georgiev, 15. Roberto Garcia, 16. Stanislav Yovkov, 18. Stilian Roussenov, 22. Miroslav Georgiev, 23. Tizhan
Source: sportal.bg