Bulgarian forward Vladimir Manchev (Levante) will not take part in the World Cup qualifier against Croatia this weekend. The player is still recovering from an injury. Photo by bfunion.bg
Bulgarian forward Vladimir Manchev (Levante) will have to skip the World Cup qualifier against Croatia because of an injury, it emerged on Tuesday.
The match will take place on Saturday at Sofia's Vassil Levski Stadium. Media said on Tuesday that 13,000 tickets have already been sold out.
Bulgaria's squad started shaping up for the game on May 29.
It is believed that coach Hristo Stoitchkov will put into play three strikers - Dimitar Berbatov (Bayer Leverkusen), Valeri Bojinov (Fiorentina) and Georgi Ivanov (Samsunspor) - while the Croatians are expected to stake on just one.