Levski rout Chernomorets 10-0 to extend lead

SOFIA, Mar 3 (Reuters) Champions Levski Sofia thumped bottom club Chernomorets Burgas 10-0 today to open up a five-point lead in the Bulgarian premier league.

Valeri Domovchiyski scored a hat-trick, Milan Koprivarov struck a brace and further goals from Miroslav Ivanov, Georgi Surmov, Dimitar Telkiyski, Lucio Vagner and Nikolay Dimitrov gave Stanimir Stoilov's team a resounding win.

Unbeaten Levski have 42 points from 16 games, five clear of city rivals CSKA Sofia who face Cherno More Varna tomorrow.

Third-placed Lokomotiv Sofia beat Vihren 1-0 to spoil Filip Filipov's debut as coach of the Sandanski-based club. Tsvetan Genkov took his tally to 11 and became the league's joint top scorer when he netted just before the interval.

Litex Lovech kept alive their hopes for a place in the UEFA Cup next season after came from a goal down to seal a 3-1 win at Spartak Varna.

Botev Plovdiv climbed to fifth after veteran Kostadin Vidolov scored an injury-time penalty to earn a 2-1 victory over lowly Rodopa Smolyan.

The two teams ended the match with 10 men with Botev striker Georgi Kakalov receiving his fourth red card for the season.

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