Bulgarian National Team Thread

[adobe_sun]

I am a fan of Slavia, and that's why in the beginning i liked Blagoi very vary much. But lately he seems to play like crap too, like the whole team does (except for MArtin). His first games were impressive. His debut in Zagreb, then in Valencia he played well too. Also the firendly with turkey- mainly his crossings made the 2 Berbatov goals.
But in the latest games he doesn't play as well as he can. Same thing with Chavdar, he's like the new Balakov, but he seems to care more about Hannover, and doesn't even move his foot for the nt. I'd rather play Yanev or Gargorov in the midfield, but Stoichkov seems to have forgotten them, since they left CSKA. Gosh, if i was the NT coach, i'd have changed tones of things until now!

 

[Apollon]

i have a question its about the brazilian i believe he is that plays in ur national team. what is the main oppinion about him. is he accpeted or not accepted? thnx for answering

 

[adobe_sun]

Apollon, the brazilian is called Wagner. I think he's a reliable defender, very solid, he can cross and fights well for the ball. we have other left-wing-defenders, but most of them are pretty pretty young, and i think it would be Wagner the one to play the rest of the games in the euro 2008 qualifying campaign.
Maybe you're asking about another brazilian called Tiago Silva, that plays also at the same position - left defender. He played for Bulgaria only one game - the friendly with Turkey, that we won 3-1. But later on, it was revealed, that Tiago cannot play for Bulgaria any more, since he had played already games for the brazilian youth teams, including the team with Ronaldinho that has won numerous youth nt tournaments. So FIFA decided, that Tiago can't play for us.
Wagner plays @ Levski.
Tiago - @ CSKA.

 

[thetrooper37]

lol who wouldn't change things in the NT...Stoichkov is an idiot. Apparently he calls the players drunks...

And IMO, Wagner is a very good player, one of the better ones on the NT lol... He always tries, like it's his home country. Unlike some of the other players! He makes good runs up the field to help with the attack and also does a good job defending. Solid player

 

[adobe_sun]

yeah, totally agree with that.
It would have been great if both Tiago and Wagner were eligible to play. They're both very good and solid players.
Tiago is going to move from CSKA to AS Roma after 6 months, so we won't see from him anything after a while.
Anyway, Wagner remains the good choice for the left back. There are other younger players like Zanev and Venkov (both from Litex; left backs) that are very promissing too, but i guess Wagner has more expеrience and that's why he will be the first choice for the left back position. That holly crap called Ivailo petkov is somebody i won't imagine to see on the left back any more.

 

[adobe_sun]

Stoichkov called 22 players for the friendlies in February, including Berbatov.
However Berbatov is injured after scoring against Arsenal and never played since, but Stoichkov idiot-like doesn't believe the medics @ Tottenham and calls Berbatov on purpose.
Marian Hristov and Toddy coming back after long injuries.

Here full list of the squad:

GKS:
Ivankov, Petkov


DEFS:
Kishishev, Valentin Iliev, Tunchev, Wagner, Topuzakov, Tomasic, Stanislav Angelov, Zanev

 

[adobe_sun]

MIDS:
Blagoi Georgiev, Tchavdar Yankov, Georgi Peev, Marian Hristov, Dimitar Telkiyski, Hristo Yovov, Zdravko Lazarov, Yankovic

 

[adobe_sun]

ATTACK:
Berbatov, Bozhinov, Genkov, Svetoslav Todorov



@thetrooper- the band @ your sig is playin great. i liked the stuff very much. Sounds AWESOME! Just the way i like rock to sound..

 

[thetrooper37]

oh man...we're done... who's gonna cover that midfield? Hristov and Peev? haha... who are the friendlies against btw?

and thanks about the band we'll be doing some pro recordings in february.

 

[adobe_sun]

don't have a clue about the midfield, pal. I guess he will try Hristov/Peev/Telkiyski, but Tchavdar Yankov is definitely one of the center midifelders and on the right will play Blagoi. I guess we couldplay also different scheme, not only 4-4-2. Last game with Netherlands Stoichkov pulles up Kishishev or Angelov as defensive midfielder.. We were playin 4-2-3-1, Bozhinov was on the bench.

But i am really ahppy about the attack- these are the 4 strikers, that i like most. Especially Tsvetan Genkov is a great player!!

I am ot sure who we're playin against, i guess Hungary, Latvia, it's going to be a tournament, or something. Just for 3 days.
I personally reckon, that Berbatov won't play, because it's total nonsence to let him play in stupid games. If he gets injured alongside Martin, than it would be a disaster.


about the band: what are u playing at/ or you're doing the vocals?

 

[thetrooper37]

hmm.. Didn't Yankovic play on the left against Romania? And Tsvetan Genkov... I remember reading that someone wanted to buy him...what happened with that?

I play drums for the band btw

 

[adobe_sun]

hmm.. Didn't Yankovic play on the left against Romania? And Tsvetan Genkov... I remember reading that someone wanted to buy him...what happened with that?

I play drums for the band btw

yep, Yankovic played/was watsed somewhere on the left or in the centre against Romania. Peev was on the right and the badly injured Berbatov was pretending he's playing in the attack.
I don't accept really Yankovic. I think he might be useful in case there is a law, that only older players are allowed to play. I guess his one and only advatage is the fact that he has a lot games behind his back.

Genkov was rumoured about all kinda italian clubs, but he stayed in Loko Sofia. I think it's better this way, because Lokomotiv prooved they can play good european football this year. They exited UEFA cup only because of goal difference against Feyenoord, and the 2-2 draw on our soil was because of the ****ty UEFA corrupted referee, that gave a non existent penalty to the dutch oiks straight before halftime, while Loko were leading 2-0 already.

I think it's really comforting being a team like Feyenoord, knowing, that even in case ure weak and dull, the refs would surely give u a penalty and u will come up even u don't deserve it at all.
I'm glad UEFA throw Feyenoord outta UEFA Cup. Even if they hadn't done so, Tottenham would have beaten them very badly.

Genkov is great striker and very young. Him, Bozhinov and Domovchiyski are the attacking future, i guess.


i play drums too , once in a while, but it's a pitty i can't find more time to team up with mates and make up a band like yours... But i'm definitely into the rocksound.

 

[adobe_sun]

Cyprus 0-3 Bulgaria
Wednesday, 7 February 2007
Dimitar Berbatov struck twice as Bulgaria defeated hosts Cyprus to win the CFA International Tournament. The Tottenham Hotspur FC forward put Hristo Stoichkov's side in front on the stroke of half-time from the penalty spot, following Marios Elia's handball, and rounded off the night by converting from close range with three miutes remaining. In between, Blagoy Georgiev clocked up the second goal in the 68th minute after the ball came back off the crossbar.
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Cyprus played well. They're improving pretty fast & their latest results are impressive: win over Ireland 5-2 and a 1-1 draw with Deutschland.
We played 4-3-3. with Berbo, Bozhinov and Svetoslav Todorov in the attack.
These were Berbatov's first goals after the third one in the 3-0 win against Mexico played in US in 2005. He has now 33 for the NT and is the third best scorer of all times.
Marian Hristov played his first two games for the NT after the game with Iceland in Reykiavik 1-3 (Berbatov-2, Yanev) in 2005, and is doing very well and solid.

The media said, that Stoichkov came up again against some romanian journalists. I didn't got what he told them anyway. Maybe somebody from the romanian guys can tell, but anyway, it's for sure some of his crap again.

I hope he will improve his coaching skills, it's his first cup in the coaching career right now, although he stated that he stopped to care about cups like these a long time ago.

 

[thetrooper37]

hmm...Did you get to watch the game? How were we with 3 at the front? It's interesting that he hasn't left Berbatov by himself this time...

 

[adobe_sun]

yep, i did. We were definitely better than previous times. And the defense was solid. Stoichkov was very proud of Hristov's comeback after injury. I didn't like him in the past, but i should admit- Marian is a fighter, has experience and strength and is enjoying himself after being absent for so long.
4-3-3 fits very well, especially if Stan remains rejecting playing under Stoichkov's coaching.

edit: Today is a day of A LOT b-days: Stoichkov, Yankovic and Genkov are having birthday today. Congrats to all.

 

[thetrooper37]

hmm...We'll see how it goes. Maybe we just seemed good because the opponents weren't all that great themselves... sounds pretty promising though. But isn't Hristov a little old?

 

[adobe_sun]

Yep, he's a little too old, but the only thing important right now is to win against Albania, since both Petrovs will be missing the game, and there aren't so many options in the midfield. Hristov is definely not a long term solution for the problem, you're right.

 

[adobe_sun]

Martin is recovering from the injury and is expected to return in April.

 

[thetrooper37]

sounds good! hopefully he'll be able to play for the games after Albania

 

[adobe_sun]

Berbatov gives Bolton torturous afternoon

By Duncan White
Last Updated: 12:10am GMT 26/02/2007

Match details
Tottenham Hotspur (3) 4 Bolton Wanderers (1) 1

In Bulgaria they have a nickname for Dimitar Berbatov: the devil with the face of an angel.

This was indeed a celestial performance by a player who is blossoming into one of the leading strikers in world football, inspiring his team with his graceful movement and elegant touch after they were reduced to 10 men.

Berbatov's all-round excellence was enhanced by the uncharacteristic ineptitude of Bolton's defending. "We need to use this performance as a kick up the backside so that we don't waste all the hard work of this year," manager Sam Allardyce said.

Abdoulaye Faye had been in doubt for this game after an operation to remove an abscess. He played as if the anaesthetic had not worn off, being embarrassingly shrugged off by Berbatov as the Tottenham striker teed up the first, and again outmuscled by the Bulgarian in the build-up to the second. Keane again surprised Jaaskelainen, this time with an improvised toe-poke, and the rebound was bundled in by Jermaine Jenas. Mercifully, Faye picked up an ankle injury and was replaced.

Inevitably, the visitors cranked up the pressure after the break, Paul Robinson twice denying Nicolas Anelka. However, Tottenham were hitting effectively on the break, largely thanks to Berbatov. He expertly teed up Jenas but Jaaskelainen parried the drive and blocked Steed Malbranque's rebound effort.

Martin Jol handed Dimitar Berbatov the highest praise after the striker's performance in the 4-1 win against Bolton on Sunday.Playing up front on his own for the final 55 minutes, he chased and harried, every high ball appeared to stick and he could have bagged a couple himself - a volley well saved by Jaaskelainen and a header zipped just over.

"We broke on them three or four times and could have scored more goals in the second half and I told Berbatov that it was probably the best performance I've seen from a striker on his own against any team," said Martin.

"It's always a worry (for a foreign player coming into the Premiership) if he can do it in the first couple of months but, especially at White Hart Lane, he was immaculate.

"The thing that pleased me most is that he took responsibility. He wants to do well for us, he knows how much I wanted him as a player and he wants to do well for me and the Club, and that's great.

"Berbatov could play for any team in Europe because he's a top-class player. Just look at his international record - I don't think anyone can better his goalscoring record for Bulgaria."