Loko (Pd) defeated Spartak (Vn) 2:1 as a guest in a match from the 7th round of the First League. Both teams finished the match with 10 men, after Todor Pavlov from the guests received a second yellow and red card in the 70th minute. Luis Pahama from the hosts also received a direct red card in the 90+3 minute. Plovdiv started the match better and in the second minute they created a serious situation in which Enzo Espinoza shot dangerously, but the ball went over the goal, BTA reports.
In the 4th minute, Loko (Pd) took the lead in the score. Adrian Cova softly crossed into the home team's penalty area, and Parviz Umarbaev (with the captain's armband) scored for Plovdiv with a technical passing shot from a volley from the right – 0:1.
In the 15th minute Spartak (Vn) could have equalized, but after Daniel Ivanov's shot from the edge of the penalty area the ball bounced off the side post. In the 18th minute Dimitar Iliev shot from a good position, but the ball went over the home team's goal.
In the 20th minute Parviz Umarbaev shot dangerously on the ground, but the "falcons" goalkeeper Maxim Kovalev caught the ball. In the 39th minute Matteo Petraschilo could have scored a goal for Spartak 1918 Varna, but after his shot diagonally from the right, the ball went wide of the goal.
In the 70th minute the guests were left with 10 men on the field, after Todor Pavlov received a second yellow and a red card. In the 72nd minute luck was on the side of Lokomotiv Plovdiv. After Deyan Lozev's cross into the penalty area, Shande headed the ball, but it went inches wide of the goal.
In the 77th minute, Spartak (Vn) equalized. Deyan Lozev crossed from the right into the visitors' penalty area, Ilker Budinov deflected the ball to Bernardo Couto, who scored from a few meters for 1:1. In the 83rd minute, after a cross from a free kick in the home team's penalty area, Martin Atanasov headed the ball towards Martin Ruskov, who headed in a second goal for Lokomotiv Plovdiv and brought the three points to the guests.
Bulgarian Football Championship, matches from the seventh round of efbet League:
September - Loko 1929 (Sf) 1:0
Botev (Vr) - Cherno more 1:0
Montana - Dobrudzha 1:0
Spartak (Vn) - Loko (Pd) 1:2
Today:
Slavia – CSKA ( 9:15 p.m., Diema Sport)
On Sunday:
Arda - Beroe ( 5:00 p.m., Diema Sport)
Levski - CSKA 1948 ( 7:15 p.m., Diema Sport)
Ludogorets - Botev (Pd) ( 9:30 p.m., Diema Sport)