The Botev Vratsa Post
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Milen Stoev pops up at the right end — 7.98
7.98, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniel Genov 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 Vratsa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Martin Achkov signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Martin Achkov commits to Botev Vratsa for another 4 years.
Match8 Aug 2026
Botev Vratsa come up short against CSKA 1948
CSKA 1948 left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Mitchy Ntelo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Martin Petkov
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Milen Stoev's contract
48 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Iliya Yurukov dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Market10 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Botev Vratsa and Ivan Goranov
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- Player ratings Kassim Hadji changes it off the bench
- Market Botev Vratsa pick up Crhistian Baquero for nothing