The 2020 Bulgarian Supercup was the 17th Bulgarian Supercup, an annual Bulgarian football match played between the winners of the previous season's First Professional Football League and Bulgarian Cup. The game was played between the champions of the 2019-20 First League, Ludogorets Razgrad, and the 2020 Bulgarian Cup winners, Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
This was Ludogorets's eighth Bulgarian Supercup appearance and Lokomotiv Plovdiv's fourth. The two teams played each other twice: in 2012 and in last season. On both occasions Ludogorets won the trophy.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv won their second supercup following their success in 2004. The goal was scored by Dimitar Iliev.
Match details
GK 33 RenanRB 22 Jordan Ikoko CB 21 Dragoș Grigore CB 5 Georgi Terziev (c) LB 6 Taleb TawathaCM 7 Alex Santana CM 12 Anicet AbelRW 95 CaulyAM 8 Dan Biton LW 17 Jorginho CF 13 Mavis Tchibota Substitutes:GK 27 Vladislav StoyanovDF 30 Cosmin Moți MF 18 Svetoslav Dyakov MF 64 Dominik Yankov MF 82 Ivan YordanovFW 28 Claudiu Keșerü Manager: Pavel Vrba GK 71 Martin LukovCB 61 Dinis AlmeidaCB 25 Lucas Masoero CB 20 Miloš Petrović RM 9 Bircent Karagaren CM 34 Petar Vitanov CM 10 Parvizdzhon UmarbayevLM 50 Josip TomaševićAM 16 Lucas Salinas CF 14 Dimitar Iliev (c) CF 77 Ante Aralica Substitutes:GK 1 Ilko PirgovDF 5 David Malembana MF 7 Momchil Tsvetanov MF 44 Nikolay NikolaevFW 11 Kenan MuslimovićFW 19 Georgi Minchev Manager: Bruno Akrapović (formally) Aleksandar Tunchev (de facto for the final)
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Deniz Sokolov (Sofia) Dimitar Stoilov (Kyustendil) Fourth official: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)MATCH RULES 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Six named substitutes, of which five may be used
Post-match reactions Lokomotiv Plovdiv owner Hristo Krusharski was overjoyed due to the victory, claiming that he had a premonition before the game, praising the collective efforts of the team and expressing the viewpoint that the "railwaymen" have great ambitions for the European tournaments and the next season in the league, hoping to make up for the disappointing finish outside the top 3 in the previous campaign. Assistant manager Aleksandar Tunchev who was in charge of the team during the Supercup because of Bruno Akrapović serving a suspension expressed his gratitude to the players, some of whom were returning from a quarantine and also insisted that everyone should remain focused on the upcoming matches. Lokomotiv captain Dimitar Iliev was satisfied that his team had been quite convincing and dominated the hosts from Razgrad unlike any other. Sports director Georgi Ivanov regarded Lokomotiv's consistency as an indication of the team's class and expressed hope that the inertia the team had accumulated would carry over into the 2020/2021 season. Ludogorets manager Pavel Vrba acknowledged issues with the team performance, especially when it came to the offensive players, as well as ill-discipline leading to the red card, though he also insisted that Jordan Ikoko had been provoked. Ludogorets captain Svetoslav Dyakov considered his team's play to have been poor and emphasized the need for the right lessons to be drawn for the next matches.
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