Andrej Popović

Central Defender - CSKA Sofia
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The CSKA Sofia Gazette

20 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match18 Nov 2028

Whatever happens, CSKA Sofia do not lose

20 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Match18 Nov 2028

The run at home goes on for CSKA Sofia

20 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.

Match15 Nov 2028

CSKA Sofia through in the cup

A 2‑1 win over Botev Vratsa, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad20 Nov 2028

A one-man rearguard from Hendrik Bonmann

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad20 Nov 2028

Hendrik Bonmann keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” CSKA Sofia may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Player ratings20 Nov 2028

Andrej Popović could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.27

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.27, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Player ratings20 Nov 2028

Luan, 38, rolls back the years — 8.46

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.46 at 38, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Market20 Nov 2028

Vasil Kaymakanov is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at CSKA Sofia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad20 Nov 2028

Léo Pereira in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at CSKA Sofia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

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The CSKA Sofia Gazette

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Feb 2028

Tempers go at CSKA Sofia

Léo Pereira was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market14 Feb 2028

Vasil Kaymakanov has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around CSKA Sofia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad14 Feb 2028

Hendrik Bonmann falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Boardroom14 Feb 2028

CSKA Sofia agree a free transfer for Georgi Kostadinov

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

Loan watch14 Feb 2028

Galin Angelov has seen enough of Ludogorets

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at CSKA Sofia, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad14 Feb 2028

Andrej Popović signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andrej Popović commits to CSKA Sofia for another 5 years.

Squad14 Feb 2028

Hendrik Bonmann has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at CSKA Sofia will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market14 Feb 2028

The Alejandro Piedrahita story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Alejandro Piedrahita signs something — a contract at CSKA Sofia or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Loan watch14 Feb 2028

Lumbardh Dellova first choice at Spartak 1918

29 starts and a season average of 6.82. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.

In brief