The Ludogorets Sentinel
Match5 Sep 2026
Ludogorets make it 6 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Ludogorets have 6 straight wins of it.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Caio Vidal
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Filip Kaloč pops up at the right end — 7.78
7.78, 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Ludogorets
Caio Vidal 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Ludogorets training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Petar Stanić 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Ludogorets see off Septemvri
Three points for Ludogorets, 2‑1 the final word against Septemvri in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Bernard Tekpetey was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.46. 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Federico Nicosia
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Federico Nicosia, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Arthur Read stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Arthur Read and Ludogorets agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- Market Ludogorets and Pedro Naressi are talking past each other
- Market The clock runs on Frédéric Maciel's contract
- Loan watch Emerson Rodríguez keeps scoring at Botev Plovdiv