Pirin took a 1-0 victory against the third division Chernomorets (Burgas) in the second friendly match of the training camp in Albena. The match started with players who entered the second half of the win over Dobrudja with only youngsters Ivan Tasev and Asen Libyukhovski, keeping their places in the starting lineup. Goalkeeper Francesco Ruberto and Anton Karachanakov, who have minor injuries, missed the match. Martin Dinov, who is trying to support himself with low back pain, is also out of the group.

First half


The match started with a blow to ours, but the guard Ismet Kiso made a save against Parushev. The only goal in the match fell in the 4th minute, when Spas Georgiev brought out Alexander Dyulgerov and he found in a convenient position Dimitar Alexiev, who did not make mistake from close range.
In the 6th minute the goalkeeper of Chernomorets Temenliev made a save after a shot by Asen Libyahovski. In the 19th minute Spas Georgiev received a good pass on the right from Ivan Tasev, but his shot went wide. Three minutes later Alexiev could have doubled Pirin’s lead, but did not find the ball well after an excellent cross by Conor Henderson from a free kick. In the last minute of the half Kisio saved a shot by Parushev from a direct free kick.

Second half-time

During the break, a lot of changes were made our team, as only goalkeeper Kiso, Tasev and Libyahovski kept their places in.
In the 53rd minute Kiso saved a powerful shot from a distance from Mustafa. Five minutes later Vladislav Zlatinov would have raised the score to 2: 0, but his shot from a direct free kick was deflected by a Chernomorets guard. Six minutes later Zlatinov intercepted a cross by Preslav Yordanov from the right and shot attractively, but the goalkeeper of the “sharks” intervened decisively. In the 86th minute Nikolay Bodurov has found John Aina to the right flank, he sent in the penalty area, but Preslav Yordanov missed from close distance.
The starting lineup: Ismet Kiso, Alexander Dyulgerov, Alexander Bastunov, Stilian Nikolov, Dimitar Mitev, Spas Georgiev, Conor Henderson, Asen Libyahovski, Ivan Tasev, George Oakley, Dimitar Alexiev
In the second half: Petar Kepov, Nikolay Bodurov, Miroslav Pushkarov, Arhan Isuf, John Aina, Krassimir Stanoev, Preslav Yordanov, Vladislav Zlatinov, Marian Vangelov