The Botev Plovdiv Chronicle
Match5 Feb 2028
Still nobody has beaten Botev Plovdiv
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Samuel Kalu 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 Botev Plovdiv this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Vojtěch Berka gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Vojtěch Berka has just signed for Botev Plovdiv, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Words at Botev Plovdiv training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Enock Kwateng is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad7 Feb 2028
No hiding place for Daniel Naumov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniel Naumov, and the manager let it.
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
Samuel Kalu runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market7 Feb 2028
Botev Plovdiv buy the years ahead of Iacopo Canneti
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market7 Feb 2028
Botev Plovdiv buy the years ahead of Jasper Judd
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market7 Feb 2028
Botev Plovdiv sign Alex Cetnar, one for the future
Alex Cetnar is 20, and Botev Plovdiv have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Botev Plovdiv on Vojtěch Berka
- Match Botev Plovdiv share the spoils with Slavia Sofia