The Cherno More Chronicle
Squad9 Nov 2026
Vasil Panayotov 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 Cherno More this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match7 Nov 2026
Cherno More rescue it on 93 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 93. Ludogorets had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
The afternoon belonged to Georgi Lazarov
A mark of 7.72, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Celso Sidney beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 15. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match7 Nov 2026
Cherno More and Ludogorets take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Boris Tonev: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Vasil Panayotov has to sit this one out
A booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. Cherno More lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Bandaró
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
David Teles asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Market The Nikolay Zlatev story refuses to die
- Squad Ertan Tombak goes off with his country
- Player ratings Jorge Padilla wins it from the bench