Pirin recorded his fourth straight game without a loss

Pirin (Blagoevgrad)  recorded a fourth consecutive game without defeat in the First League, after graduation 2:2 at the visit of Krumovgrad. Diego Raposo (7) opened for the hosts, and Juniet Ali (11) doubled quickly after that. Andrey Yordanov (45+3) returned one penalty goal for our team, and in the second half Vencislav Benguyuzov, who entered as a reserve (83) equalize with a nice shot.

Pirin continues to be at a safe distance from the last two places, which lead directly to the Second League. “The eaglets” they have 22 points from 8 more than the penultimate Botev (Vratsa) and with 12 from the last Aether.

In the 4th minute of the match, Dimitar Tonev attempted a technical kick from the move, but the ball went wide of the goal. Three minutes later, Alex Kolev deflected an aerial ball to a free Diego Raposo with his chest. He shot on the move and stretched the net behind goalkeeper Maxim Kovalev, but there was immediately an ambush flag raised on Kolev at the time of the pass to him. The VAR reviewed the situation and reported a refereeing error, and Krumovgrad led in the result.

Just four minutes later, the hosts already had a two-goal lead. This time Juniet Alli's shot bounced off the body of a defender, whereupon the ball went treacherously into the bottom right corner of the goalkeeper and with the help of the crossbar entered the goal.

In the 20th minute, Alex Kolev came inside and tried a shot with the left end, which did not have the required accuracy. Two minutes later, Serkan Yusein went sharply into the ankle of Asen Donchev, for which he received a yellow card, not red. VAR signals to the head judge, that the offense is gross and endangers the opponent's health, prompting the umpire to go and review the replay situation. However, there was no change in his decision and Krumovgrad remained with 11 souls on the field.

In the 27th minute, Alex Kolev was close to the goal. Pirin's defense was weak again and allowed the attacker to face the goal and shoot. Maksym Kovalev dived perfectly and knocked the ball into the corner. In the 35th minute, Alex Kolev again showed inaccuracy and shot a shot from an excellent position. Overall, Pirin stood faceless on the pitch and had difficulty creating anything interesting in the hosts' half.

In the 38th minute, the defenders of Pirin were not involved in another Krumovgrad attack, after which Šimić could write his name among the top scorers, if his volley hadn't gone wide of the bar. In the 43rd minute, Serkan Yusein put the ball on the feet of Momchil Tsvetanov, who attempted an acrobatic performance. Kovalev reacted and knocked into the corner. From him, the defense watched Alex Kolev shoot a header into the crossbar.

When it looked, that the two teams will retire on a break in the event of a result 2:0, and Krumovgrad did not leave the guests any chances in attack, Blagoevgrad received a penalty. Kaloyan Pehlivanov defeated Danilo Polonsky, for which he received a yellow card. Andrey Yordanov stood behind the ball, who shot into the center of the goal and returned a goal

In the 50th minute, Alex Kolev failed with his attempt to turn the ball into the upper far corner of the goal. Gradually, Pirin moved the game into Krumovgrad's half. In the 75th minute, Arno Luziadio scored with a great pass from Andrey Yordanov's cross from the left flank. The right-back found himself at the top of Pirin's attack, but failed to intercept the pass. Three minutes later, Dimitar Tonev headed Alex Kolev, and the international shoots with his left foot at an angle.

The joke was pretty good, but headed straight into Kovalev's hands. Pirin's better actions in the second half paid off in the 83rd minute. Ventsislav Bengyuzov, who came on from the bench, beat Yanko Georgiev with a wonderful shot to the far corner, in which the goalkeeper had no chance to intervene.

Krumovgrad – Pirin (Blagoevgrad) 2:2

1:0 Diego Raposo (7), 2:0 Juniet Ali (11), 2:1 Andrey Yordanov (45+3 e), 2:2 Ventsislav Bengyuzov (83)

KRUMOVGRAD: 1. Yanko Georgiev, 3. Kaloyan Pehlivanov, 5. Matej Šimić, 18. Clyder Machedo, 2. Juniet Ali, 7. Momchil Tsvetanov, 8. Renan Arias, 13. Diego Raposo, 23. Dimitar Tonev, 10. Serkan Yusein, 9. Alexander Kolev;

PIRIN: 12. Maxim Kovalev, 4. Ayub Abu, 6. Andrey Yordanov, 7. Asen Donchev (69- 73.Ventsislav Bengyuzov ), 28. Vitalis Jagodinskis, 14. Danilo Polonsky (90-29.Stanislav Kostov), 11. Ivan Tasev, 19. Yugo Komano, 83. Hristo Popadiin (90-13.Evgeni Georgiev), 18. Arno Luziadio, 9. Lazar Boyanov.