Pirin leaves for Varna to visit the Black Sea in the 22nd round of the First League. The Eagles will try to continue their positive series of results, after recording three consecutive championship victories and a total of four games without defeat. In the last round Pirin won against Arda with 1:0 with a goal by Anton Karachanakov and thus climbed to 10th place in the standings.
The upcoming rival Black Sea ranks 4th in the standings, as in the last round recorded success with 3:0 during the visit of Lokomotiv (Sofia). The Sailors have 4 beat, 4 equality and 2 lost in his 10 home games so far this season in the First League.
At Hristo Botev Stadium, in the first match of the season between the two teams there was a spectacular draw - 2:2. Stanislav Kostov and Preslav Yordanov, who came in from the bench, signed for our team, while Pablo Alvarez scored two goals for Varna - one from the penalty spot. Rodrigo in the 42nd minute and Popev in the 87th minute received red cards, and at the end of the match Vasil Panaytov failed to score from the penalty spot.
"We will try to take advantage of the momentum, which we accumulated thanks to the good results. We know how difficult a rival the Black Sea is. They have good players, as well as with an experienced and quality coach. It is no coincidence that they are in this position in the rankings. We have our staffing problems, but we must overcome them and try to continue our good performance. I am optimistic, that our rise will continue. The team trains at a high level and we are fully prepared for this difficult visit. ", said the head coach of “eaglets” Radoslav Mitrevski in front of www.fcpirin.com
Injured Ventsislav Bengyuzov and Nikolay Bodurov remain out of the group, as well as the punished Stanislav Manolev. The main referee of the match will be Ivaylo Nenkov.
