Hundreds of Bulgarian football fans were left disappointed after it was reported that the tickets for the crucial World Cup qualifier against Sweden were totally sold out. Photo by Kameliya Atanasova (SNA)
Hundreds of Bulgarian football fans were left disappointed after it was reported that the tickets for the crucial World Cup qualifier against Sweden were totally sold out.
The last 100 tickets were sold on Thursday after just two days ago people started queuing for hours to get tickets for the game.
On the first day of the sale some 26,000 tickets were bought and Bulgaria's Football Union (BFU) had to issue another 10,000. The hosts have reserved 200 tickets for Swedish officials and 280 for Scandinavian fans.
Now the team of Hristo Stoitchkov will surely get the support of more that 30,000 football fans.
Both Bulgaria and Sweden are regarding the March 26 encounter as crucial for reaching the World Cup challenge.