Hevertton

Right Back - Levski
17 Apr 2027
Saturday
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Marked for Hevertton

19 Edition

The Levski Chronicle

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Anatoliy Nuriyev asks to leave Levski

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Hevertton keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Levski may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Maicon 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 Levski this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Levski training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Everton Bala 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.

Squad

Maicon gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Radoslav Kirilov the difference as Levski beat Montana

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Radoslav Kirilov. 1‑0 against Montana, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

Maicon was immovable

19 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Radoslav Kirilov

A mark of 7.78, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Serginho

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 16 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

In brief

Back issues
17 Edition

The Levski Chronicle

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Cup progress for Levski

A 1‑0 win over Montana, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Market

Everton Bala asks to leave Levski

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Player ratings

Everton Bala runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Christian Makoun raises the bar for Levski

“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.

Squad

Tempers go at Levski

Christian Makoun 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.

Squad

Words at Levski training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Everton Bala 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Martin Lukov

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

Match

Levski come up short against Arda

Arda left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Stipe Vulikić

Defensive actions: 19. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

In brief

  • Player ratings Gašper Trdin shuts the door
  • Player ratings Hevertton takes the honours
  • Squad 5 new faces, and Levski are still learning each other
9 Edition

The Levski Chronicle

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Everton Bala asks to leave Levski

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

Cruel end for Botev Vratsa as Levski pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Levski scored in the 95th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Match

Levski are in among the leaders

Position 2 and 15 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Match

Whatever happens, Levski do not lose

10 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Market

Levski may not be able to give Christian Makoun what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Christian Makoun wants continental football; whether Levski can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Levski

Christian Makoun 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.

Match

Levski get the job done against Botev Vratsa

A 3‑2 win over Botev Vratsa, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Álex Centelles 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.

Squad

Everton Bala gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief