Bulgaria Football Squad Steals Shameful 0:0 Draw from Georgia
Sports | October 16, 2008, Thursday
Bulgaria's midfielder Blagoy Georgiev (middle) is tackling the ball during Wednesday's World Cup qualifier between Bulgaria and Georgia which was played in Tbilisi. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria's national football team registered its third draw in a row in a match against Georgia played Wednesday evening as part of the World Championship qualifiers.
The overall weak performance contrasted to the excellent play of the goalkeeper Georgi Petkov, who saved the squad from a shameful loss in Tbilisi.
One of Bulgaria's best footballers, Martin Petrov, left the game after suffering a trauma in the first half of the match.
"It seems that is all we can do. We did not manage to form a real attack against Georgia's goal. We obviously do not deserve to play at the World Championship," said Bulgaria's captain Dimitar Berbatov immediately after the game was over.
"We could not overleap ourselves," he added bitterly.
The coach Plamen Markov criticized all the players, saying he would replace at least nine of them if the rules allowed that.
The match was one of the battles in Group 8 of the World Cup qualifiers. So far, Italy leads with seven points. Bulgaria has only three points won in its first three games.
The overall weak performance contrasted to the excellent play of the goalkeeper Georgi Petkov, who saved the squad from a shameful loss in Tbilisi.
One of Bulgaria's best footballers, Martin Petrov, left the game after suffering a trauma in the first half of the match.
"It seems that is all we can do. We did not manage to form a real attack against Georgia's goal. We obviously do not deserve to play at the World Championship," said Bulgaria's captain Dimitar Berbatov immediately after the game was over.
"We could not overleap ourselves," he added bitterly.
The coach Plamen Markov criticized all the players, saying he would replace at least nine of them if the rules allowed that.
The match was one of the battles in Group 8 of the World Cup qualifiers. So far, Italy leads with seven points. Bulgaria has only three points won in its first three games.
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