Ludogorets won with 3:0 Beroe and pulled on top in the temporary standing with 3 points ahead of second Lyubimets. The birthday boy Marcelinho played a really strong match and scored twice – in 4th and 64th minute. The third goal was by the captain Svetoslav Dyakov in 88th minute from a penalty kick. The penalty was judged for a foul against Mitchel Burgzorg.
The head coach of Ludogorets Stoycho Stoev was given a break of some players who took part in the game against Basel on Wednesday. Despite of it the “eagles” had superiority and missed a lot of situations in front of Ivan Karadzhov. The guests from Stara Zagora played well and created few situations in front of Ivan Cvorovic. The Serbian with a Bulgarian passport saved every ball and didn’t permit to the opponent to reach even goal of honor.
On Sunday, Ludogorets has a rehab training and on Monday morning the team is flying with charter flight from Bucharest for Basel when on Tuesday at 21:45 is playing against the team of Basel in rematch of playoffs for the Champions League.
LUDOGORETS - BEROE 3:0
1:0 Marcelinho 4'
2:0 Marcelinho 64'
3:0 Dyakov 88'
LUDOGORETS: 91. Cvorovic, 80. Caissara, 20. Choco, 4. Mantyla, 5. Barthe, 8. Espinho, 18. Dyakov, 84. Marcelinho(85' Burgzorg), 7. Aleksandrov, 93. Misidjan(73' Abalo), 99. Platini (68' Quixeda)
Head coach: Stoycho Stoev
BEROE: 12. Karadzhov, 2. З. Iliev, 5. Stoychev, 3. Zafirov, 4. K. Stoyanov(40' Goranov), 21. Eliash, 29. Martins(71' Kostadinov), 17. Krumov(68' Ronkato), 7. Andonov, 88. Caiado, 10. V. Hristov
Head coach: Petar Hubchev
Yellow cards: Eliash 38', Goranov 45'
Head referee: Stanislav Stavrov
Ludogorets Arena, 3 500 visitors