{"id":2292,"date":"2026-11-01T08:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T06:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5000.news\/pavlikeni-lokomotiv-mezdra-2-2-dva-cherveni-kartona-31-oktomvri-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T08:15:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T06:15:56","slug":"pavlikeni-lokomotiv-mezdra-2-2-dva-cherveni-kartona-31-oktomvri-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/pavlikeni-lokomotiv-mezdra-2-2-dva-cherveni-kartona-31-oktomvri-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pavlikeni fight back from 0\u20132 to draw 2\u20132 with Lokomotiv (Mezdra) in match with two red cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OFC Pavlikeni came back from two goals down to draw 2\u20132 with Lokomotiv (Mezdra)<\/strong> in an 11th-round Northwest Third League match played on 31 October at Gancho Panov Stadium. Two players were sent off, one from each team.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors took the lead through Valdemar Asenov, who converted a penalty in the 30th minute and scored again about ten minutes later. The home side fought back after the break: Borislav Stoyanov reduced the deficit in the 67th minute, and Kristian Dechev equalised in the 80th after a goalmouth scramble.<\/p>\n<h2>Two red cards and a chance to complete the comeback<\/h2>\n<p>After Pavlikeni made it 1\u20132, Lokomotiv player Viktor Ivanov received a second yellow card and was sent off. Pavlikeni then pushed for a winner but could not find a third goal. Near the end, home captain Yordan Yordanov was also dismissed after a second booking.<\/p>\n<p>The draw left Pavlikeni in seventh place with ten points, according to the local match report. The club says its next fixture is away to Spartak Pleven's reserve side on 7 November at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ofkpavlikeni.com\/v-mach-s-dva-cherveni-kartona-mnogo-nervi-i-duzpa-pavlikeni-vze-tochka-ot-shampiona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OFC Pavlikeni, official report dated 31 October<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.borbabg.com\/2026\/10\/31\/chetiri-gola-i-dva-cherveni-kartona-v-pavlikeni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Borba, October 31, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@darrenng0213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ng Jun Xian \/ Unsplash<\/a> \u2014 an illustrative image, not from the actual match.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OFC Pavlikeni recovered from two goals down to draw 2\u20132 with Lokomotiv (Mezdra). The 31 October match ended with one red card for each team.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[16,19],"class_list":["post-2292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oblastta","category-sport","tag-aktualno","tag-popularno"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/5000.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/\u0424\u0443\u0442\u0431\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0430-\u0442\u043e\u043f\u043a\u0430-\u0434\u043e-\u0432\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0430-\u2014-\u0438\u043b\u044e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f-Ng-Jun-Xian-Unsplash.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2296,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292\/revisions\/2296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}