Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Levski will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Successful dribbles: 37. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match29 Aug 2026
Everton Bala wins it after the whistle should have gone
92 minutes played. Everton Bala found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Lokomotiv Plovdiv went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
The offer from Fehervar for Dimitar Evtimov was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Svetoslav Vutsov 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Yusuke Matsuo 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.
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Everton Bala. 2‑1 against Lokomotiv Plovdiv, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
94 minutes played. Mustapha Sangaré found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Montana went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 91th minute. Dobrudzha will replay every second of the added time for a week.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Levski can pretend not to have heard.
The offer from CSKA 1948 for Nikola Serafimov was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Levski this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Levski training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yusuke Matsuo 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.
The shirt still fits. Iliyan Stefanov is back at Levski, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Svetoslav Vutsov 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.
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.
Add another name to the list: CSKA 1948 have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Nikola Serafimov. The answer from Levski has not changed — yet.
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Levski will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Everyone has stopped pretending: Botev Plovdiv will make the call about Asen Mitkov this week. Levski have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Levski scored in the 90th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
The offer from AIK for Mustapha Sangaré was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Yusuke Matsuo has just signed for Levski, and for once the answer mattered.
Svetoslav Vutsov 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Yusuke Matsuo 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.
Add another name to the list: Botev Plovdiv have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Asen Mitkov. The answer from Levski has not changed — yet.
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mustapha Sangaré. 1‑0 against Arda, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Levski heard it as anything else.
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Levski this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Levski training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Álex Centelles 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.
49 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.