On Monday, 2 May, from 17:30 no. Pirin is visiting Botev (Vratsa) in a match of the 29th round of the First League and 3rd of the playoffs for the distribution of places from 11th to 14th. The visit to Vratsa is the first of three in a row for our team until the end of the season. If they win, the Eagles will secure their place in the elite three rounds before the end next year.
In the last round, Pirin returned to victory, after winning with 2:1 as host Locomotive (Sofia). The goals were scored by Krassimir Stanoev and Stanislav Manolev. Manolev was among the top scorers during Botev's visit (Vratsa) during the regular season, which was won with 3:0 on 20 March. The other two goals were scored by Spas Georgiev and Preslav Yordanov from a penalty.
In the last round Botev (Vratsa) end in a draw 1:1 during his visit to Tsarsko Selo. In the ranking in the last four Pirin is in 1st place (11-that) with an asset of 30 points two points ahead of the second Locomotive (12-that place), who has 28 score. Botev Vratsa is third (13-that place) with an asset of 23 score.
"We have taken an important step towards achieving our goal, after we beat Lokomotiv in the last round. But now we have a decisive match with Botev, who still has his chances to stay in the group and will be extremely motivated to win. During our last visit to Vratsa we managed to win, but now it's another game's turn and it's clear, that it is difficult to draw parallels. I hope, that we will show what we worked on during the trainings and that in the end we will be able to congratulate each other with success ", said Pirin head coach Radoslav Mitrevski.
After serving a sentence, Ventsislav Bengyuzov returned to the group. Alexander Dyulgerov continues to treat an injury and dropped out of the group for this match as well.