Levski and Rilski Sportist meet for 7th time this season, the stakes are very high today

Levski and Rilski Sportist will play for 7th time against each other this season. So far between all three competitions - local league, Domestic Cup and EUROHOLD Balkan League they have met six times with Levski winning four of them. Today the stakes are very high as they will meet in the second semifinal in EUROHOLD Balkan League Final 4 that will be held in Samokov. The match will start at 20.45 hrs local time and will be broadcast LIVE on BNT World and via internet on Sportmedia.tv.
Levski will be without Chavdar Kostov for today′s game as he is still recovering from injury. However The Blues from Sofia have enough players who will try to play hard as his absence will not be felt. Nemanja Protic and Mladen Pantin signed for the team over a month ago and immediately showed they are very good player and contributed right away. Marko Marinovic will be leading the team with his 14.3 points and 5.7 assists so far in the tournament as Kostov was the top scorer for Levski with 15.9 points. Nikolay Varbanov is back after surgery and will also be on court to help his teammates and all the other players are well and prepared for today′s big game.
Rilski Sportist is having the top scorer in the competition Terry Smith who is averaging 19.6 points. The best pаsser Branko Mirkovic is also here - 6.6 assists per game, as those two players will be the main offensive weapons of the team. Rilski will be playing in front of its own supporters and this could prove a big difference on today′s game - it remains to be seen whether it′s going to be positive or negative. Of course the team will try very hard to defeat Levski for third time this season and will not need any extra motivation for the match.
This is the second ever semifinal in EUROHOLD Balkan League between both teams. Back in year 2011 they met in Kavadarci as then Rilski was the winner. Of course the hosts will want this to be repeated while on the other hand Levski will think the opposite. What is for sure is that we can expect a very tense and thrilling game - one that have to be watched tonight.