Ludogorets devastated Pirin

Ludogorets defeated 4:0 Pirin in Blagoevgrad. The first half ended with no goals scored. The home team was more active and Bengyuzov tried to score in the 4^th minute. Hubchev did the same, as well as Shokolarov. The latter almost scored, but Sluga saved.

The guest team demanded a penalty kick in the 14^th minute because Zanev held back Tekpetey. The referee denied this. Sluga failed to take control of the ball in the 22^nd minute and did not return it to Karnicnik and it went into a corner. Despodov tried to score after that from the foul point but failed to score.

Ludogorets took the lead in the 50^th minute when Terziev scored with his head after he received the ball from Despodov. Seconds later, Tsonev almost evened the score seconds later, but Plastun performed a split and cleared the situation that was going to result in a goal.

Despodov kicked the ball from a corner in the 64^th minute, Karnicnik diverted the ball, and Takahashi sent the ball into his own gate, making the score 2:0.

15 minutes before the end, Jonathan was injured and Jorginho replaced him. The third goal happened in the 79^th minute. Tissera received the ball from Despodov and scored. The final goal was scored by Jorginho. He took advantage of Tiago’s excellent pass and outplayed the gatekeeper.