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Sofia’s Levski achieved their biggest victory in the 2020/21 season, after the “blues” made a complete change to 3: 1 against Beroe in the match of the eighth final of the Bulgarian Cup and thus the men of Slavisa Stojanovic went ahead in the tournament run. . The absolute hero of “Gerena” was Nigel Roberta, who scored all three goals for the hosts (38, 65 from penalties and 90 + 2), and earlier in the first half in the 27th minute Martin Kamburov hit Levski’s door again . penalty, but that was all for the Stara Zagora team in Sofia.
The absolute antihero for Dimitar Dimitrov’s team was Carlos Ohene, who at 61 minutes of play received a direct red card for Martin Petkov, and shortly after the guests had the same penalty claims against Robert, who fouled the goalkeeper of Beroe Ganev, but the referee Stanislav Todorov decorated the Dutchman in yellow.
Levski’s great captain’s armband in the Cup match
Levski started the game more actively, but in the first minutes the “blues” did not hit the door, guarded by Gennady Ganev. In the first seven minutes the hosts made three corners, which posed nothing special as a threat to Stara Zagora. In the 11th minute, Martin Petkov shot a cross from a free kick from the left, but his pass was too imprecise to reach a goal situation.
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Martin Kamburov missed an excellent opportunity in the 14th minute to open the scoring. Makuta advanced in the middle of the field and combined with Kamburov in the penalty area. The experienced shooter slowed down and did not fire, and full-back Dragan Mihajlovic with a beautiful split prevented a certain accurate shot on Mikulic’s door. A moment later Makuta crossed from the right to the other end for Alexander Tsvetkov, but Levski’s point guard caught the center of the Bulgarian team. Martin Petkov shot from far away in the 20th minute, but the young Sofia forward sent the ball in Sector “D” to “Gerena”.
Four minutes later, Iliya Yurukov received a pass to the right from Dragan Mikhailovich, and the youngster from Levski spotted Martin Petkov down the left. He controlled it, but it was shut down and fired, but was immediately shut down by a Beroe defender. In the 26th minute Steve Furtado put Faisel Reras ahead, and Levski’s full defender tripped the player from Stara Zagora’s team and referee Todorov pointed to the white spot. Martin Kamburov fired a cannon shot into Mikulic’s upper right corner, and although the guard knew the direction of the blow, it flew inescapably – 1: 0 for Beroe.
In the 29th minute Martin Raynov entered a one-off sparring match in the middle of Beroe with Krum Stoyanov, and the Levski captain hit the Stara Zagora defender in the face, but the guests were not fouled. A moment later, Mikulic made a save after a header from Martin Kamburov and did not allow a second goal in his goal. In the 38th minute, Levski leveled the score. Makuta fouled Robert in front of the penalty area goal, and the Dutchman made an excellent free kick that left Ganev defenseless – 1: 1.
Three before the end, Alin Fal came very close to punishing another mistake by Levski’s defense, but Sulaka at the last moment killed Fal’s feet, although he initially dropped him after a pass from the right and sent the ball to corner kick.
Apparently at half-time Slavisa Stojanovic had warned his players to line up better on defense and Beroe apparently took the lead in the opening minutes. However, the first shot of the second half was by Levski, after Martin Petkov fired at the door of the Ukrainian guard of Beroe, who fired from the side.
The Blues made a great attack in the 57th minute. Nigel Roberta spotted Ivaylo Naidenov with a pass, which took him into the guests’ penalty area and Naidenov found himself “face to face” with Gennady Ganev. The blues midfielder shot hard with his right foot, but Ganev parried the ball with his body and did not allow a second goal in his own goal.
A minute later Sulaka delivered a highly controversial pass in a dangerous area near Levski’s penalty area to Roberta. The striker cleared, but Makuta controlled and matched with Fal, but Beroe’s shooter was unable to hit Mikulich’s goal and Levski’s defense made a serious effort. After an hour of play, Alexander Tsvetkov attempted a volley, but Faisal Reras blocked the ball with his body.
In the 61st minute, guest midfielder Carlos Ohene left his teammates after fouling Martin Petkov, then the young Levski footballer arrived and referee Stanislav Todorov had nothing to do but send the Ghanaian off the field.
This gave an instant result and in the 64th minute Levski received a penalty after midfielder Alexander Tsvetkov fouled Iliya Yurukov in the Beroe penalty area and referee Todorov pointed to the white spot. Behind the ball was Roberta, who with an uncompromising shot scored Levski’s second goal – 2: 1.
In the 67th minute after a cross from a corner, Levski striker Roberta madly attacked Beroe goalkeeper Gennady Ganev, but in the end referee Stanislav Todorov showed the Dutchman a yellow card. In the attack that followed, Teridax broke from the left and combined with Georgi Angelov, whose shot went over Mikulic’s gate, and Fal was in a much better position.
Levski’s captain in this match, Martin Raynov, could have scored a third goal at his former team’s goal in the 77th minute, but the midfielder’s shot was blocked by Georgi Angelov. Seconds later, defender Dragan Mihajlovic shot hard diagonally, but over Ganev’s crossbar.
Seven minutes before the end, Stara Zagora had a great chance to equalize. Ivan Minchev set up a great free kick cross, and Aliun Fal stayed under the ball and failed to catch it a few meters in front of Mikulic’s gate, after the defense in blue failed in this situation. In the 85th minute, Levski’s Iliya Yurukov had Gennady Ganev make another save in the match and this time Beroe’s goalkeeper did well.
Beroe had started to score a second goal in the match at the end, but this led to a third goal for Levski and a third for Roberta. The Dutchman got behind Beroe’s defense and stayed “face to face” against Gennady Ganev and with a precise shot with his right foot achieved the result 3: 1.
FOOT / LEVSKI 3: 1 BEROE
0: 1 Martin Kamburov (27th penalty)
1: 1 Nigel Roberta (38)
2: 1 Nigel Roberta (65 penalty)
3: 1 Nigel Roberta (90 + 2)
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
Stadium: VIVACOM Arena Georgi Asparuhov (Sofia)
Initial lineups:
Levski (4-4-2): Zvonimir Mikulic – Dragan Mikhailovic, Rebin Sulaka, Nacho Monsalve, Faisal Reras – Ivaylo Naidenov, Martin Raynov / k / 🟨, Take Daske 🟨, Iliya Yurukov, Martin Petkov 🟨, Nigel Roberta 🟨
Coach: Slavisa Stojanovic
Beroe (3-4-1-2): Gennady Ganev – Ilias Hasani 🟨, Teddy Mesag 🟨, Georgi Angelov – Krum Stoyanov, Alexander Tsvetov, Carlos Ohene 🟥, Steve Furtado – Gaius Makuta 🟨– Martin Kamburov / k /, Alin Fal
Coach: Dimitar Dimitrov
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