SOFIA (Interstat) — Botev Plovdiv defeated Lok. Sofia 5-2 on Friday in a football match, powered by Mascote’s hat trick. Mascote scored in the 2nd, 41st and 75th minutes. Lok. Sofia answered through Dimitar Kostadinov in first-half stoppage time and Adil Taoui in the 53rd, but Mauro Rodrigues restored Botev’s cushion in the 55th and Samuel Kalu added another in the 61st. Taoui finished with one goal and one assist, Kostadinov scored once, Rodrigues had a goal and an assist and a yellow card, Kalu scored once and was booked, and Marvin Senger provided an assist. Yellow cards also went to Dost, Soldo, Lucas Araujo, Ogaga and Algarra. Botev Plovdiv’s competition record is now 2 wins and 1 loss, and its all-competitions mark is 4 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. Lok. Sofia is 0-1-2 in the competition and 2-1-2 across all competitions.