Matthaeus-Led Bulgaria Beat Wales

Sports » EURO 2012 | October 9, 2010, Saturday // 00:41
Bulgaria: Matthaeus-Led Bulgaria Beat Wales Ivelin Popov scored the only goal in the Bulgaria-Wales match. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's national football team beat Wales 1:0 in Cardiff in the debut of the new Bulgarian coach Lothar Matthaeus.

The only goal in match was scored by Bulgarian striker Ivelin Popov in the 48th minute.

Thus, after losing from England and Montenegro at the start, Bulgaria won their first three points in Group G of the Euro 2012 qualifications.

On Friday, Montenegro beat Switzerland at home 1:0, and made it to the first spot in the ranking with 9 points. England is second with 6 points (from only two matches), while Bulgaria is third with 3 points.

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