Beroe vs Maritsa Milevo

Zdravchev's 75th-minute equaliser shifted the momentum decisively. Before his goal, Beroe had controlled the game since Ramadan's opener. Once level, Maritsa Milevo pushed for a winner and found it through Dimitrov 10 minutes later — a rapid swing that left Beroe with no time to respond.

• Martin Zdravchev (Maritsa Milevo) — the 30-year-old right-back scored the equaliser that sparked the comeback. A veteran of Bulgarian lower-league football with experience across multiple clubs, per Transfermarkt.
• Hristo Dimitrov (Maritsa Milevo) — the 22-year-old midfielder scored the 85th-minute winner, capping a disciplined second-half display from the visitors.
• A. Ramadan (Beroe) — scored Beroe's only goal of the game in the 52nd minute but was isolated as Maritsa seized control late on.

The match produced three goals in a 33-minute second-half window, with all three arriving after a goalless first 45. The clean-halves pattern — 0-0 at the break, three goals after it — suggests both sides used the first half as a fitness-building exercise before raising intensity in the second. The fact that the lower-division side scored twice in the final 15 minutes points to a fitness disparity or, more likely, Beroe rotating personnel as is standard in pre-season. No cards were issued, consistent with the friendly nature of the fixture.

This was a pre-season friendly for both sides, so the result carries no competitive weight. Beroe (PFC Beroe Stara Zagora) are preparing for the 2026/27 Bulgarian First League season; they lost 4-0 to Botev Plovdiv in their previous friendly on 12 July. Maritsa Milevo, who play in the Third League (third tier of Bulgarian football), will take confidence from a result that pits a squad of predominantly veteran Bulgarian players — average age 30.3, per Transfermarkt — against a top-flight opponent.

For betting purposes, the result is a reminder that pre-season friendlies involving clubs from different divisions often produce shocks, particularly when the higher-division side uses the match to test fringe players or build fitness rather than chase results.

A routine pre-season upset. Maritsa Milevo's late double punished what was likely a rotated Beroe side still finding match sharpness. The scoreline flatters the lower-division visitors less than the comeback itself, which was emphatic in its timing: two goals in 10 minutes to turn a potential loss into a statement win.