It is time for Bulgaria to stop another black series

The national team of Bulgaria is chasing its first victory away from home in an official match for over three years. Today at 16:00 the “lions” will play against Lithuania in the sixth match of the world qualifiers for Qatar 2022. The match is on the artificial field at the LFF Stadium in Vilnius. Precisely because it will not be played on natural grass, Yasen Petrov wanted the team to arrive two days before the match in order to be able to acclimatize better.

“Many of our young players have grown up on artificial pitches, and I hope they have no problem and acclimatize quickly,” said the home coach before the match.

“I grew up on slag and I don’t think the artificial terrain will be a problem. We are better, but we have to show it on the field. Let’s hope we score an early goal “, commented Dimitar Iliev , who will lead the attack against the” green-yellows “in the absence of the punished Atanas Iliev.

A possible success will leave little hope for the “tricolors” to dream of second place, although in the presence of Italy and Switzerland in the group, none of the staff does illusions. A second consecutive victory in the qualifications, even against the weakest team in the group, however, will give confidence to the home team, which has a serious rejuvenation of some positions.

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The mood in the team is good, after only a month ago Bulgaria recorded a draw against the European champion Italy in the middle Florence recorded two victories over Lithuania (1: 0), which was the first in an official match in two years, and Georgia (4: 1), in which the team scored four goals in one match for the first time in five years.

Finally, Bulgaria managed to stop the black series

In Vilnius there will be a lot of changes among starters from last month, as goalkeeper Georgi Georgiev is injured, Anton Nedyalkov is injured and will be reserved for Northern Ireland, captain Georgi Kostadinov dropped out due to a broken cheekbone, and Atanas Ilie in is punished.

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In the presence of three new goalkeepers from the front camp, Martin Lukov is the one who will stand under the door frame. Andrea Hristov, Petko Hristov, Valentin Antov and Vasil Bozhikov, who will be the captain, will be the four defenders. Petar Vitanov and Kristian Malinov will be the supporting midfielders in the 4-2-3-1 scheme. Georgi Yomov and Kiril Despodov will act on both flanks, and Todor Nedelev will be the playmaker behind Dimitar Iliev.

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Success is very important for the leadership of the Bulgarian Football Union before the extraordinary Congress for our football headquarters, which is on October 12 . That is why the bosses untied the purse and announced a serious bonus of BGN 400,000 for winning six points in the next two matches, which will leave a ray of hope for Bulgaria until the last match in Switzerland on November 15.

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The opponent Lithuania is in a series of nine consecutive losses in 2021, in which they recorded a goal difference of 2:25. However, the coach of the team Valdas Ivanauskas returned experienced players to the team and said that his team is much better prepared than a month ago. That is why he expects the negative series to be stopped and the first points in the group to be won.

The “Lions” are in a series of 15 matches away from Bulgaria, in who did not achieve a single victory. The last one was in September 2018, when Bozhidar Kraev scored twice for the success with 2: 1 over Slovenia in Ljubljana, in the debut match for the League of Nations.

The national team of Bulgaria has been without success in the world qualifiers on the road for eight years. The last one was 2: 1 in Malta, in September 2013. From the current line-up, only Todor Nedelev and Spas Delev were part of the success in Valletta, as the star of Botev (Plovdiv) was even a starter at the time.

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Yasen Petrov had to wait seven match to achieve the first victory at the head of Bulgaria, but nevertheless from the two visits at this stage in the qualifiers – Belfast and Florence, our team left undefeated. This time, however, victory is a must.

LITHUANIA : Shetkus, Mikolyunas, Shatkus, Utkus, Vaitkunas, Megelaitis, Berbitskas, Chernih, Novikovas, Kazlauskas, Dubitskas

BULGARIA : Martin Lukov , Andrea Hristov , Petko Hristov , Valentin Antov , Vasil Bozhikov , Petar Vitanov , Kristian Malinov , Georgi Yomov , Todor Nedelev , Cyril Despodov , Dimitar Iliev .

JUDGE : Evgeni Aranovski (Ukraine) STADIUM: “LFF”, Vilnius
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