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Only one wrong step was made by the Chepinets-Beev team in the autumn half of the football championship in the "A" regional group for the 2002/2003 season. The only loss Velingradians suffered in Bratsigovo with 1: 3 and then achieved the maximum. The management of the club reacted in a timely manner and developed a new scheme for payment of salaries and premiums. Thus the money was received for already achieved result and the players understood that more important is the final goal. In this sense, the goal of the team is not only first place in the group, which seems easily achievable, but winning the barrage after the end of the championship and returning to the "C" group. Characteristic for the beginning of the half-season was that “Chepinets-Beev” started a little uncertain, conceded and loss in Round III, but gradually gained strength and deservedly finished in the first place. The team has 14 wins from 15 games and goal difference 53:9. This means that the team scored an average of 3.54 goals per game, and received 0.6 - a good testimonial for the defense. Coach Ivan Blagov built the backbone of the team of experienced footballers who played mostly in the Hebar market. With the attraction of T. Velev, I. Chushkov, A. Malinov, B. Niklenov, K. Bozhkov, T. Kalpakov, A. Milenkov and D. The Kehayov team gained stability. They also formed the starting lineup that exported most matches. It turned out that local football players became a minority. In addition, they could not fight for places in the starting lineup and were not competitive to the holders. A bad sign of working in a children's and youth school that does not feed the men's team with good football players. As starters from Velingrad started only goalkeeper X. Singing and in front of him C. Shulev, V. Kadyov and D. Chonkov. The rest of the Velingradians, born of local football, came in more as reserves - D. Nalbantov, K. Dumkov, P. Shulev, A. Nedelchev, G. Peykov, P. Avramov. E. Stoilov, P. Ivanov, S. Drinov and J. Gulev. The composition of Kovatchevo, who proved to be the main competitor of velingradians, showed nothing special in the direct clash and losses. Kovachevtsi will rely in the spring on their home match against Chepinets-Beev and on "solidarity" on the part of all teams around Pazardzhik.
There is no doubt that a tough spring season is ahead, but the Chepinets-Beev team is obliged to achieve its goal. In the composition play, perhaps the best players with the best financial conditions in the whole area and there will be no excuses if it comes to failure. The Velingrad football community deserves to watch a team in the "B" group, and why not higher.