Slavia achieved success with 1:0 as a guest against Botev in Plovdiv in a match of the 31st round of the First League. The win came after Galin Ivanov scored in the first half, and the Whites have not conceded a goal in an away win for the first time since the opening day of the 2023-24 season.
With their victory at the "Hristo Botev" stadium, the Slavists collected an asset of 36 points in the tenth place in the ranking.
The hosts started the match a little more actively and already in the eighth minute they reached danger in front of Svetoslav Vutsov. Ume Emmanuel's shot was off target and went wide.
Almost half an hour into the game, a shot by Mohamed Brahimi, the ball bounced off the defense of Slavia, lied to Vutsov, but went into the corner.
In the 33rd minute, Slavists took the lead with their first serious chance in the match. Ivan Minchev passed quickly for Toni Tasev, who released for Galin Ivanov and he left no chances for Botev and guard Hidayet Hankic from the penalty area.
Three minutes before the break, Isak Sole feints his way past four home players and shoots, but Hankic saves his second goal.
Shortly after, the French-born midfielder shot from distance, but the ball flew
Five minutes after the start of the second half, Ventsislav Kerchev gave a weak return to Svetoslav Vutsov, who came out of his penalty area and threw himself at the feet of Brahimi. Initially, the head referee Georgi Davidov showed a straight red card to the Bulgarian international, but after reviewing the situation with the help of the video arbitration system, he decided to only impose a yellow card.
In the 63rd minute, Ivelin Popov crossed to Martin Sekulic, the ball passed to Svetoslav Vutsov and fell on the head of the Croatian striker, who, a meter in front of the goal line, shot into the side post.
over the crossbar of the "yellow and black" goal.
Ten minutes before the end of regular time, Christian Nwachukwu tried a shot from over 20 meters, but straight into the hands of Vutsov.
Until the end of the meeting, the Slavists defended skillfully and managed to keep the favorable result.
Slavia squad: Svetoslav Vutsov, Ertan Tombak (85-Georgi Tertov), Martin Georgiev, Victor Genev, Ventsislav Kerchev, Isak Sole, Emil Martinov (62-Erol Dost), Ivan Minchev (90+3-Ivaylo Markov), Galin Ivanov , Tony Tasev (84-Roberto Raichev), Martin Sorakov (62-Emil Stoev)
yellow cards: Isak Sole, Svetoslav Vutsov, Emil Martinov, Roberto Raichev
photo: sportal.bg
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