Bulgaria won in a friendly away match against Malta. The score line ended 1:4 in favor of Bulgaria. At last, Dimitar played this match and scored two of his team’s goals. However, the score does not tell the whole story as the last 3 goals for Bulgaria came in the last 15 minutes.

The match took place in Malta and the first goal was produced in the 5th minute by the visitors. Nothing else was relevant in the first half as the second goal, the equalizer for the home side, was scored in the 46th… Continue

Last Friday, Bulgaria played an international friendly against the club Shakhtar Donetsk. The match ended in a goalless draw in Turkey. Dimitar and Petrov (from Manchester City) were absent due to injury. Dimitar is nursing a knee injury but he might be available for the midweek match with the National Team.

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Football: Bulgaria vs. FC Shakhtar Donetsk 0… Continue

Dimitar is among the 3 nominees to the 2009 [Bulgarian] Man of the Year. The other men in the list are world champion in boxing Detelin Dalakliev and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov. People can vote for one of them. To avoid duplicates, the voting is by email. The voting closes on November 26 and preliminary results will be displayed until a week before closing. At the time of this writing, Dimitar is in pole position. The winner will be announced on 3 December a… Continue

Manchester United lost agains Chelsea at Stamford Bridge by one goal. And now the club is in third spot trailing leaders Chelsea by 5 points; Arsenal is second place on level points but better goal difference. Dimitar did not play due to injury and Vidic remained on the bench.

The starting XI was: Van der Sar as goalkeeper; O’Shea, Brown, Evans and Evra as defenders; Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson, Valencia and Giggs as midfielders; Rooney was a lone striker.

John Terry scored the only goal of th… Continue

The fixtures for the quarter finals of the Carling Cup were drawn last week. Manchester United, the current Cup holder, will face Tottenham Hotspur, the other finalist last season and Dimitar’s former club. The match will take place on December1, the same day the Ballon d’Or is announced. On that same day, Portsmouth will play against Aston Villa. A day later, Blackburn Rovers will face Chelsea and Manchester City will play against Arsenal.

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