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July 15 st. coach Ivan Blagov held the first training session for the new football season. The six weeks available to coach and footballers will go into training and control meetings. Two matches have been agreed for sure at the moment. One is with Spartak (Plovdiv) and will be played on July 20 in the city under the hills, and the other will be on July 24 in Gotse Delchev with the Pirin team from the same city. Opportunities will be sought for playing another 3-4 control meetings, some of which can be held at the stadium in Rakitovo.

In terms of composition, there have been quite a few changes. T was released from the team. Hajiyev, who was the team's captain and goalscorer in the past championship. They will no longer play for Chepinets-Beev and the players who were not from Velingrad. That's goalie V. Marinov, the defenders T. Vassev and G. Manchorov, the midfielder V. Ivanov and the assailant S. Christov (Siki). The team was also left by Nedko Milenov, who went to "Rila athlete" (Samokov), the new member of the so-called. us "elite" football. The exact number of new players is still not clear enough, as everything is in the realm of preliminary talks and arrangements. Surely comes goalkeeper Hristo Peev, a former athlete who played last season in Rakitovo. Other footballers who played in Rakitovo - B will be tried. Bokov and J. Gulev. Several football players from Pazardzhik are also expected. That's B. Niklenov, A. Velev, K. Bozhkov and G. Kalpakov. There will also be talks with players from Plovdiv, football players from the region of Gotse Delchev, Razlog and Bansko can also be expected, given that the administrator of the football club is Nikola Vandov. In his previous appearances as a coach, he always relied on boys from these places. After the preparatory period, which will also include 5-6 control meetings, a group of 19-20 players will be selected, who will be relied on in the new championship, which starts on August 24. Georgi Dishlyanov