Pirin recorded an important victory in its battle to establish the top spot in the standings. Warren Feeney’s team won 2: 1 as a guest of the leader Kariana (Erden) in a match of the 13th round of the Second League. In this way, the Eagles came only one point closer to the first place, where Kariana’s team is.
Preslav Yordanov and Krassimir Stanoev were right for our team, and Emanuil Lichev reduced the difference in the result at the end of the match.
The match was equal for most of the first half, which was dominated by the battle and the will to dominate.
In the tenth minute our team made a forced change. John-Christoph Aina was injured and was replaced by Anton Karachanakov.
The first clear situation in front of one of the two doors came in the 39th minute. Then Vladislav Tsekov shot excellently from a distance, but the goalkeeper Petar Petrov made an exceptional save.
In the 45th minute Preslav Yordanov opened the score. The striker received a pass on the edge of the penalty area, then managed to pass the ball with a shot past the defense of Kariana and it flew into the net of Pavel Stanev.
In the second half, our team pressed the opponent in his half and missed several goal positions. Manolev twice and Karachanakov had good opportunities.
In the 82nd Manolev and Karachanakov combined from the left, the ball reached Spas Georgiev, who passed it to Krassimir Stanoev in front of the door and he sent it with a bomb under the beam of the hosts for 2-0.
At the very end of the match, the hosts reduced the difference in the result. Tsekov shot, the ball deflected into Emanuil Lichev and flew into Petrov’s net.
On November 23, Pirin will visit Sofia in September.
CARIANA 1: 2 PIRIN
0: 1 Yordanov (45), 0: 2 Stanoev (81), 1: 2 Lichev (90)
CARIANA: Stanev, Tsolov, Nikolov, Dichev, Predev, Lichev, Mateus (75-Georgiev), Ignatov, Damyanov, Tartov, Tsekov (65-Justino)
PIRIN: Petrov, Dyulgerov, Bastunov, Mitev, Bodurov, Aina (10-Karachanakov), Henderson (85-Pushkarov), Stanoev, Manolev, Georgiev, Yordanov (85-Oakley).