Dimitar's fan since Aug '08, Cristiano's fan since WC '06

Dimitar was named Bulgarian Man of the Year 2009. He attended the ceremony this Thursday in a private jet. He received a sword engraved with his name. There, he announced that his next goal is to win the Ballon d’Or. He won with 5443 votes; the Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov was second and world champion in boxing Detelin Dalakliev was third.

Read the about the award in http://manoftheyear.bg/2009/

… Continue

Manchester United had progressed to the semifinals of the Carling Cup beating Tottenham Hotspur 2:0 at Old Trafford. At last, Dimitar played for Manchester United after his knee problems, and it is against his former club in a knockout stage of the Cup. Vidic played the full match and Dimitar a little more than an hour.

Ferguson fielded a mixture of experienced and young players. He took into account that Spurs’ are among the first 5 positions of the EPL table and represent an stern test that y… Continue

Manchester United beat Portsmouth 4:1 at Fratton Park. Rooney scored a hat-trick and Giggs rounded the result with a clever free kick. The result is good but not spectacular as Portsmouth is at the bottom of the table and has one of the worst start of clubs in the Premier League. In fact, the named a new manager last week: Avram Grant who was the interim manager at Chelsea just when Mourinho left.

The starting XI was: Kuszczak as goalkeeper; Neville, Brown, Vidic and Evra as defenders; Giggs, F… Continue

Manchester United lost the group match against Besiktas at Old Trafford by one goal. ManUtd had already qualified to the knockout stages of the Champions League and the only thing at stake was the first or second place of the group. With that in mind, Ferguson gave youngsters the opportunity to play a CL match. Along the young players, some more experienced or returning from injury make up the team. Dimitar still with a knee injury did not even make the bench. Vidic played the full match.

The s… Continue

FIFPro, the International Footballers Association, has published the nominees for the World XI award. There are 55 players distributed in the 4 main field duties. Edwin Van der Sar, Evra, Ferdinand, Vidic, Giggs and Rooney are on the list. Cristiano is also among the nominees. However, Dimitar did not make the cut. His first season at ManUtd was disappointing and he has not been nominated in any international award.

Eleven players will be selected for the award and a main award will be delivere… Continue