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Dimitar Berbatov scored the only goal into the net of the Cyprus team in the last minute before the break. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria gave up any hope they can keep alive chances of making the playoffs after a humiliating, crushing and unexpected defeat by Cyprus on Saturday.
With the Bulgarian defense virtually non-existent, Cyprus striker Constantinos Haralambides made good use of its the naïve defensive mistakes and scored two goals – in the 12th and 20th minute.
These were followed by another couple of goals in the second half of the match, scored by Michalis Konstantinou and Alunescu.
Dimitar Berbatov, captain of the Bulgarian team, made an attempt to revive the hopes of the 2 500 Bulgarian fans present at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca, with a wonderful strike into the net of the Cyprus team in the last minute before the break.
“We played very poorly. I hope that we will have learned a lesson today,” said striker Valeri Bojinov after the match.
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