thetrooper37
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^ ugh... that last line makes me shiver
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Bulgarian National Team Thread
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yeah, i think Bozhinov could maybe beat his records and even higher, however he is not scoring that much lately. Berbatov scores a lot, although he doesn't play with the willingness of Bozhinov, and Bozhinov plays with passion, but socres less. Maybe he's just too young.thetrooper37;2287235 said:
Bozhinov in Juventus is totally different thing- he plays rarely, but he scores a lot, considering the games he played.
Berbatov keeps transforming grit into high art
The Bulgarian was once sold for a few thousand pounds and 20 pairs of boots. Now he is living up to the £11m Spurs paid. Amy Lawrence reports
Sunday March 11, 2007
The Observer
Not so long ago, Tottenham parted with around £11million to bring one of eastern Europe's most coveted strikers to White Hart Lane. Expectation was predictably high about a schemer with a sweet touch and predatory instinct, a man who oozed skills that accorded with the traditions of teams revered in these parts. Sergei Rebrov, where did it all go wrong?
Luckily for Spurs, where the Ukrainian floundered a few seasons ago, the Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov is flourishing. This afternoon he will line up against Didier Drogba in a fascinating collision of the Premiership's best two attackers on current form. To achieve such status in his debut season in England is quite an accolade for Berbatov.
When he signed from Bayer Leverkusen last summer, there was a warning that his skills might be undermined by a liking for nightclubs and a dislike for training. Klaus Toppmoller, the genial ex-coach of Leverkusen, who had been something of a father figure to Berbatov, said: 'He can be one of the best strikers around, but everyone should be aware he can be a lazy bastard.'
The man himself has recently challenged this theory with some dominant performances in the Premiership and Uefa Cup. His style is more languid than lazy, which, he says, makes the best of his technical assets. He believes players should use their brains more on the field. 'I may not run non-stop,' he says, 'because there is no need to chase unreachable balls.' Or, in a different situation, why scurry when you can hold up the ball and dictate attacking movement without wasting energy?
Berbatov was born in the south-west town of Blagoevgrad, the son of a footballer, Ivan, and an athlete, Margarita. As a boy he was spotted by Bulgaria's greatest coach, Dimitar Penev, who guided the national team to the 1994 World Cup semi-finals. Berbatov had learnt as an impressionable 13-year-old who watched on television when Hristo Stoichkov was in his prime and the big, bald head of Yordan Lechkov knocked out Germany to the joy of the watching world. 'We will never forget it because that was the time that made our generation believe we could do something in football - maybe do the same as them.'
It was not an easy road. Penev took Berbatov to CSKA Sofia in 1997 for a few thousand pounds and 20 pairs of football boots. At first the boy got lost around the city and struggled to come to terms with living in dormitories with the other lads from outside the capital. There was precious little in the way of pocket money during difficult political and economic times. But the experience helped to toughen him up.
Nowadays he is Bulgaria's goodwill ambassador for Unicef and is a campaigner for issues close to his homeland. Berbatov has started to wear an armband with the slogan 'You are not alone', which refers to the cause célèbre of several Bulgarian medics who are imprisoned in Libya. They are accused of deliberately spreading Aids, but Bulgarians continue to protest their innocence.
Berbatov has become the face of Bulgarian football. As well as spearheading the national team, he is the blue-eyed poster boy and features prominently in television's '10 Hottest Bulgarian Men of the Year' award.
Such celebrity seemed an unlikely prospect when he started out at CSKA Sofia. He was made a scapegoat, at the age of 19, for missing some important chances as his team squandered the championship, becoming a boo-boy for the crowd. He won them over, however, as he began to express himself as a player for the big occasion. He joined Bayer Leverkusen at the age of 20 and over six seasons became not just a firm favourite of the Ruhr club, but a player admired as one of the Bundesliga's most creative performers.
'Football is like art,' he says, 'and I am sometimes trying to do a masterpiece. I feel some of my goals this season have been masterpieces.' Spurs fans do not disagree.
And for a luxury talent, he has handled the demands of the Premiership with a decent amount of grit. 'I am not afraid of the physical approach of the game,' he says. 'When I passed the medical tests to join Spurs, the team doctor looked at my Bundesliga games profile and asked me, "Have you really played so much this season?" The truth is that I could play football all day long.'
In a front line that has been chopped and changed regularly under Martin Jol, Berbatov has become a constant. Is he better paired with Jermain Defoe or Robbie Keane? Both have had their runs with the big No 9 and both look better players for working alongside him.
In last month's 4-1 thrashing of Bolton, Berbatov played most of the game as a lone frontman and delivered arguably his most refined display of the season. So much so that the Spurs manager felt compelled to break with routine to pick out an individual for praise. 'I told Berbatov that was probably the best performance I have seen from a striker on his own against any team,' said Jol.
The accolades keep coming but what Berbatov really wants is something to show for his endeavours, a trophy or title. Tottenham can at least go into today's confrontation with Chelsea in the knowledge that the lengthy hex their London rivals held over them was ended this season. Berbatov is not afraid of Chelsea: 'As we say in Bulgaria, they don't have three legs.'
He has become such a firm crowd favourite, the Tottenham faithful will go to Stamford Bridge knowing, rather than hoping, that Berbatov will be central to their bid to make FA Cup progress.
Well, what more could they expect from a player born in a year that ends in one, the mystical key to Tottenham's Cup success?
===
chelski - Spurs finished 3-3 , Berba scored the first one, his 17-th goal for the season in all tournaments. And he was even injured for 1-2 months, after the Romania/Slovenia qualifyers, so he could have scored more...
The Bulgarian was once sold for a few thousand pounds and 20 pairs of boots. Now he is living up to the £11m Spurs paid. Amy Lawrence reports
Sunday March 11, 2007
The Observer
Not so long ago, Tottenham parted with around £11million to bring one of eastern Europe's most coveted strikers to White Hart Lane. Expectation was predictably high about a schemer with a sweet touch and predatory instinct, a man who oozed skills that accorded with the traditions of teams revered in these parts. Sergei Rebrov, where did it all go wrong?
Luckily for Spurs, where the Ukrainian floundered a few seasons ago, the Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov is flourishing. This afternoon he will line up against Didier Drogba in a fascinating collision of the Premiership's best two attackers on current form. To achieve such status in his debut season in England is quite an accolade for Berbatov.
When he signed from Bayer Leverkusen last summer, there was a warning that his skills might be undermined by a liking for nightclubs and a dislike for training. Klaus Toppmoller, the genial ex-coach of Leverkusen, who had been something of a father figure to Berbatov, said: 'He can be one of the best strikers around, but everyone should be aware he can be a lazy bastard.'
The man himself has recently challenged this theory with some dominant performances in the Premiership and Uefa Cup. His style is more languid than lazy, which, he says, makes the best of his technical assets. He believes players should use their brains more on the field. 'I may not run non-stop,' he says, 'because there is no need to chase unreachable balls.' Or, in a different situation, why scurry when you can hold up the ball and dictate attacking movement without wasting energy?
Berbatov was born in the south-west town of Blagoevgrad, the son of a footballer, Ivan, and an athlete, Margarita. As a boy he was spotted by Bulgaria's greatest coach, Dimitar Penev, who guided the national team to the 1994 World Cup semi-finals. Berbatov had learnt as an impressionable 13-year-old who watched on television when Hristo Stoichkov was in his prime and the big, bald head of Yordan Lechkov knocked out Germany to the joy of the watching world. 'We will never forget it because that was the time that made our generation believe we could do something in football - maybe do the same as them.'
It was not an easy road. Penev took Berbatov to CSKA Sofia in 1997 for a few thousand pounds and 20 pairs of football boots. At first the boy got lost around the city and struggled to come to terms with living in dormitories with the other lads from outside the capital. There was precious little in the way of pocket money during difficult political and economic times. But the experience helped to toughen him up.
Nowadays he is Bulgaria's goodwill ambassador for Unicef and is a campaigner for issues close to his homeland. Berbatov has started to wear an armband with the slogan 'You are not alone', which refers to the cause célèbre of several Bulgarian medics who are imprisoned in Libya. They are accused of deliberately spreading Aids, but Bulgarians continue to protest their innocence.
Berbatov has become the face of Bulgarian football. As well as spearheading the national team, he is the blue-eyed poster boy and features prominently in television's '10 Hottest Bulgarian Men of the Year' award.
Such celebrity seemed an unlikely prospect when he started out at CSKA Sofia. He was made a scapegoat, at the age of 19, for missing some important chances as his team squandered the championship, becoming a boo-boy for the crowd. He won them over, however, as he began to express himself as a player for the big occasion. He joined Bayer Leverkusen at the age of 20 and over six seasons became not just a firm favourite of the Ruhr club, but a player admired as one of the Bundesliga's most creative performers.
'Football is like art,' he says, 'and I am sometimes trying to do a masterpiece. I feel some of my goals this season have been masterpieces.' Spurs fans do not disagree.
And for a luxury talent, he has handled the demands of the Premiership with a decent amount of grit. 'I am not afraid of the physical approach of the game,' he says. 'When I passed the medical tests to join Spurs, the team doctor looked at my Bundesliga games profile and asked me, "Have you really played so much this season?" The truth is that I could play football all day long.'
In a front line that has been chopped and changed regularly under Martin Jol, Berbatov has become a constant. Is he better paired with Jermain Defoe or Robbie Keane? Both have had their runs with the big No 9 and both look better players for working alongside him.
In last month's 4-1 thrashing of Bolton, Berbatov played most of the game as a lone frontman and delivered arguably his most refined display of the season. So much so that the Spurs manager felt compelled to break with routine to pick out an individual for praise. 'I told Berbatov that was probably the best performance I have seen from a striker on his own against any team,' said Jol.
The accolades keep coming but what Berbatov really wants is something to show for his endeavours, a trophy or title. Tottenham can at least go into today's confrontation with Chelsea in the knowledge that the lengthy hex their London rivals held over them was ended this season. Berbatov is not afraid of Chelsea: 'As we say in Bulgaria, they don't have three legs.'
He has become such a firm crowd favourite, the Tottenham faithful will go to Stamford Bridge knowing, rather than hoping, that Berbatov will be central to their bid to make FA Cup progress.
Well, what more could they expect from a player born in a year that ends in one, the mystical key to Tottenham's Cup success?
===
chelski - Spurs finished 3-3 , Berba scored the first one, his 17-th goal for the season in all tournaments. And he was even injured for 1-2 months, after the Romania/Slovenia qualifyers, so he could have scored more...
ZZbatam;2294069 said:
You mean Stoichkov, right?
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I'm happy for Bran. I heard he played very often lately, cos hegot his contract easily finally, since Bulgaria joined the EU.
Vladimir Manchev, if u can recall the guy, plays very welll lately. He left LOSC Lille for Levante, but then got problems with the coach and now i playing in Real Valladolid, who are leading Segunda with 15 points or something, he scored 4 goals for a couple of weeks playing, including two against Deportivo La Coruna in Copa Del Rey. He was at least as disciplined as Berbatov.
Goalcount Berbs: 19.
And this is how our team would look in 6-7 years:
GK:
RB:
MID:
ATTACK!:
Petrov returns to Bulgaria fold
Saturday, 17 March 2007
Aston Villa FC midfielder Stilian Petrov has put his differences with Bulgaria coach Hristo Stoitchkov to one side to help his country's quest to qualify for UEFA EURO 2008™.
Settled differences
Petrov announced he was retiring from international football in October 2006 following Bugaria's UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifier against Luxemburg, citing differences with Stoitchkov. But after clearing the air with the coach the former Celtic FC playmaker is ready to fly the flag for his country once again and has been recalled to the squad to face Albania a week on Wednesday.
'Compromise reached'
"I met up with Hristo Stoichkov three weeks ago," the 27-year-old said. "We talked face to face and concluded that the national team is more important that Hristo Stoitchkov and Stilian Petrov. We have reached a compromise. I also have the support of Aston Villa and the club will allow me to join up with the national team for the qualifier against Albania in Sofia." Bulgaria are second in Group 10 with eight points from four games and trail leaders the Netherlands by just two points. Stoitchkov has called up eleven foreign-based players for the Albania game on 28 March and will name his home-based squad players next week.
©uefa.com 1998-2007. All rights reserved.
Saturday, 17 March 2007
Aston Villa FC midfielder Stilian Petrov has put his differences with Bulgaria coach Hristo Stoitchkov to one side to help his country's quest to qualify for UEFA EURO 2008™.
Settled differences
Petrov announced he was retiring from international football in October 2006 following Bugaria's UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifier against Luxemburg, citing differences with Stoitchkov. But after clearing the air with the coach the former Celtic FC playmaker is ready to fly the flag for his country once again and has been recalled to the squad to face Albania a week on Wednesday.
'Compromise reached'
"I met up with Hristo Stoichkov three weeks ago," the 27-year-old said. "We talked face to face and concluded that the national team is more important that Hristo Stoitchkov and Stilian Petrov. We have reached a compromise. I also have the support of Aston Villa and the club will allow me to join up with the national team for the qualifier against Albania in Sofia." Bulgaria are second in Group 10 with eight points from four games and trail leaders the Netherlands by just two points. Stoitchkov has called up eleven foreign-based players for the Albania game on 28 March and will name his home-based squad players next week.
©uefa.com 1998-2007. All rights reserved.
thetrooper37
Senior Squad
! Petrov is back
I heard that Berbatov got hit by a taxi driver while driving his Mercedes in Sofia lol
I heard that Berbatov got hit by a taxi driver while driving his Mercedes in Sofia lol
thetrooper37
Senior Squad
haha man poor berbatov...
I just HOPE that he actually tries and plays like he does for tottenham... I'm sick of seeing him walk around for 90 minutes.
I just HOPE that he actually tries and plays like he does for tottenham... I'm sick of seeing him walk around for 90 minutes.
thetrooper37
Senior Squad
Match against Albania tomorrow! We need a solid victory
thetrooper37
Senior Squad
I didn't watch but from what I read...it sounds like an Israel vs England sort of match...we had the ball and did nothing with it. There go our Euro hopes 
thetrooper37
Senior Squad
I was told that the football union will be meeting in april to discuss whether they will sack Stoichkov? Apparently they had agreed that if easy points are dropped, they'd sack him, and that's what happened against Albania. WE COULD ONLY PRAY!
YESSSSSSS! Finally! Stoichkov stepped down today.
Good luck to Celta Vigo with taking care of him..
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/news/kind=1/newsid=525759.html
http://www.celtavigo.net/index1.htm
Good luck to Celta Vigo with taking care of him..
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/news/kind=1/newsid=525759.html
http://www.celtavigo.net/index1.htm
thetrooper37
Senior Squad
MUAHAHAHAHA! Stoitchkov steps down and MANU win 7-1...what an amazing day in the world of football.
thetrooper37;2306556 said:
YEP, totally agree with you.
I haven't enjoyed a football game that much for a long time now, and even after scoring 4 goals without reply MANU kept on playing hard and chase the perfect win.. Well, at the end, i guess it couldn't have been more perfect than 7-1
About Stoichkov - good luck in Vigo, but the whole messaround is here to stay
And they will probably put up somebody who is either not prepared to do the job with the excuse that there's no time to search for better one.. Or they will let some previous coach return.. Just remember my words, i know the way those guys are dealing with the coaching problem, and it's not the way it should be...It's a shame, cos if we don't qualify which is 90% assured, we will have an even harder draw for WC 2010 and we might forget to qualifying for it either.. And all this because this guy came in and ruined the squad after 2004...
thetrooper37
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^ True... I wish we could bring someone from abroad but us Bulgarians...we're too stuck up to do that.
