Bad! Tomas started with a loss at CSKA

CSKA Sofia’s poor performance continues under new coach Alexander Tomas. The “Red” suffered another loss, this time against Botev Plovdiv with 0:1. The winning goal for Botev was scored by Ukaki, who capitalized on a mistake by Hristiyan Petrov. Only 200 Plovdiv fans watched the match played at the Lokomotiv Stadium, while CSKA continued to serve its penalty for matches without an audience.

As early as the second minute, the visitors threatened Busato’s goal when Ukaki broke into the penalty area and shot from a small angle, but the Brazilian goalkeeper saved the shot. The symbolic hosts responded appropriately and in the tenth minute after a scrum in the penalty area, Koyalipu turned and fired powerfully, rattling Botev’s crossbar.

Six minutes later, Botev again attacked well on the flanks and Ukaki’s cross into the center of Maras, but he shot wide. A nice mix-up from Tomasz’s men had put Heinz alone against the goalkeeper on the diagonal, but the Norwegian’s shot went wide of the right-hand post. Four minutes before the end of the first half, Koyalipu took a good cross from a corner kick, but centimeters separated him from the goal.

Shortly after the restart, CSKA could have taken the lead when a mistake from Tam allowed Koyalipu to break free and shoot from close range, but again he missed the finish. All these failures were punished when Hristiyan Petrov made a fatal mistake and gave the ball to Ukaki, who developed and brilliantly beat Busato for 0:1.

In the 81st minute, Nwachukwu tested Busato’s reflex from mid-range, but the keeper responded well. In the final minutes of normal time, Hristiyan Petrov could have made up for the goal when he shot from close range after a corner kick, but Bernat made an acrobatic save. By the end of the game, the hosts could not equalize and suffered their fifth defeat since the start of the season. Botev, for his part, recorded a fourth straight win from four away games,

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