Bulgaria round-up: Burgas beat the elements
Wednesday, November 6, 2002
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PFC Naftex Burgas beat PFC Rilski Sportist Samokov in snow and fog-hampered conditions on Wednesday.
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PFC Naftex Burgas came back from 1-0 down to defeat PFC Rilski Sportist Samokov 2-1 in a postponed game from round ten of the Bulgarian Premier League tonight.
Difficult conditions
The match was played in difficult conditions in Samokov with snow on the pitch and fog hampering visibility. Rilski Sportist opened the scoring in the 30th minute with a Vasil Kirov penalty after a Naftex defender handled the ball. Three minutes later defender Said Ibraimov levelled the scores.
Todorov winner
In the 68th minute substitute Radomir Todorov earned Naftex the three points after catching Rilski Sportist's defence on the break, and capitalising on a Stoyko Sakaliev pass.
