Ivan Goranov

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18 Sep 2026
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Process

Marked for Ivan Goranov

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The Botev Vratsa Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A move Dani Martín would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Dani Martín is living that version at Botev Vratsa, and it tends to show in the first month.

Squad

Words at Botev Vratsa training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dani Martín 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Jay Robinson

Botev Vratsa asked and Southampton said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

A falling-out at Botev Vratsa

Preslav Borukov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Andrey Yordanov the difference as Botev Vratsa beat Spartak 1918

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Andrey Yordanov. 2‑1 against Spartak 1918, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

Mitchy Ntelo was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.28. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings

Andrey Yordanov was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.05. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

The dugout

No hiding place for Ivan Goranov

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ivan Goranov, and the manager let it.

Squad

Dani Martín has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Botev Vratsa know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

In brief