Bojinov May Face Italy
Teenage Bulgarian hopeful Valeri Bojinov is likely to make his EURO 2004 debut against Italy. That would also be his first match as part of the Bulgarian national team.
Teenage Bulgarian hopeful Valeri Bojinov is likely to make his EURO 2004 debut against Italy. That would also be his first match as part of the Bulgarian national team.
France won 3-1 over Bulgaria's volleyball players in a return match, after suffering 0-3 the previous day. After France managed to take the lead in the first two games, apparently discouraged Bulgarians gave up the final score rather easily.
Two minutes before the final whistle blows, the Czech team scored their third goal against Netherlands, which qualified them for the quarterfinals of EURO 2004. The result of 3:2 made the Dutch progress at EURO 2004 unpredictable prior to their last roun
The Netherlands have preserved their lead up to the break after scoring twice inside 20 minutes through Wilfred Bouma and Ruud van Nistelrooij. The Czech and Dutch teams have shown an entertaining half of attacking football.
Teams of Latvia and Germany came to 0-0 after a Group D play that was rather feeble. The draw is more a thorn in the German side, which had the higher percentage of ball possession, and nine shots on target.
A group D match between Latvia and Germany, the most successful team in the history of EURO 2004, kicked off Saturday evening. This is the two teams' first encounter since 1937.
Portuguese anti-terrorism combaters are searching for three suspected extremists, media said. The Arab men were spotted in Faro, where thousands of football fans gather to watch the games on a large screen.
Bulgaria's footballers in Portugal criticized journalists for speculations about rows inside the team. Captain Stilian Petrov, said he was "fed up" with apologizing about things that didn't actually happen.
Sponsors of the Italian football team will suffer losses of 35 million euros because of the Totti scandal, media said. The player was chosen to be the face of Nike, Pepsi, Fiat and other companies.
The coach of Bulgaria's footballers admitted Danish superiority during Friday's 0-2 match. That was Bulgaria's second loss in EURO 2004, and it left the team with no chance of reaching the next round.
Bulgaria's national volleyball team reached a crushing 3-0 over France in a Pool B game of World League 2004. Friday's match was crucial for Bulgaria's team, because now the Bulgarians have a fair chance to emerge as leaders in the group.
Sweden made a late charge to nick the equalizing goal for 1-1 against Italy in their second game of Group C at the Euro 2004. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's brilliant kick canceled out Italy's Antonio Cassano's first-half header to leave the score 1-1.
Italy and Sweden went into the interval after the Italians secured a lead of 1-0 in the first half. Now Sweden will have to start to keep possession if they are to get back into the game in the second half.
Bulgaria was crashed 2-0 by Denmark in the second game of the Euro 2004 Group C. That is the first win for the Danish team in the European tournament, sending the Bulgarians out of the tournament.
The captain of the Bulgarian national football team Stilian Petrov left the filed after the referee showed him two yellow cards. The Bulgaria captain is sent off for dissent and things are looking very bleak for the Bulgarians now.
Danish footballers scored 1-0 in the first half time against Bulgaria. The two teams are standing against each other in a Group C EURO 2004 match.
The teams of Bulgaria and Denmark began the highly anticipated match at the Braga stadium. Today's game is crucial for the Bulgarian footballers trashed 5-0 by Sweden in their Euro 2004 opening match.
Zdravko Zdravkov, goalkeeper of Bulgaria's national football team, has been offered to join Portuguese Beira Mar. The team's management apparently give a high evaluation of Zdravkov's skills, despite Bulgaria's catastrophic EURO 2004 debut.
Bulgaria's footballers in Portugal have been banned from drinking coke and any liquor, including beer, media reported. The only way for them to refresh was sipping on fruit juices and coffee.
Stilian Petrov, the captain of Bulgaria's national football team, will play against Denmark tonight despite an aching knee. He had to miss Thursday's training session because of a past injury, which apparently hadn't gone away.
The coach of the Bulgarian football team is quite likely to make defence adjustment after the disastrous 0-5 to Sweden. Back Predrag Pajin, blamed for several fatal lapses on Monday, will probably miss tonight's match against Denmark.
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