The Slavia Sofia Sentinel
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Samuil Kolev says Slavia Sofia went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match20 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Slavia Sofia
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Slavia Sofia
Lévi Ntumba and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Vasil Kazaldzhiev did the work nobody counts — 6.69
14 combined actions and 6.69. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Slavia Sofia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Akram Bouras was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match20 Feb 2027
3 matches without a goal for Slavia Sofia
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Match20 Feb 2027
Slavia Sofia come up short against CSKA Sofia
CSKA Sofia left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Appearance number 100 for Giovanni Daffara
100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A mistake Giovanni Daffara will not forget
Goalkeepers do not get to make mistakes; they get to make goals. He made one, he knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Giovanni Daffara's mistake
- The dugout Úmaro Baldé asks for a word with the manager