Знакови хора от света на спорта и бизнеса уважиха 100-годишнината на българския футбол (обзор) – БГ Футбол – Други – haroonabadvital.com
A number of prominent figures from the world of sports and business gathered today for a special ceremony marking “100 years of Bulgarian football”.
The ceremony was held at the Millennium Grand Hotel, and was attended by about 200 people, led by the President of the Bulgarian Football Federation, Georgi Ivanov, in addition to the Presidents of European and World Football, Alexander Ceferin, and Gianni Infantino, respectively. . The ceremony was also attended by the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev.
Startphoto.bgEarlier in the day, Ceferin and Georgi Ivanov met with Acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev. “The century is a huge period of time, during which the most popular sport in the world has created a history in our country, of which we, as Bulgarians, can only be proud. Football has given us great players who have left a deep mark on the football map. “In all these decades, Bulgaria is a great success and has created its own glorious history in football,” said Glavchev. Ceferin emphasized that he will work intensively with the Bulgarian Football Association and hopes that soon there will be progress in the results of our club and national teams.
The Slovenian’s colleague at the helm of FIFA – Gianni Infantino, spoke in front of the Hristo Stoichkov Museum and spoke very flatteringly about our country, calling it “football” and a “brilliant future”. He asked, “Is it possible to hold a football tournament in Bulgaria in new stadiums in the future?” Yes, of course. Bulgaria is a football country. You may have lost some ground in recent years, but you have amazing talents and a bright future. The Swiss said: “New stadiums, new academies, I understand that there are plans for such things, even from a FIFA point of view, I will be happy to come here to participate in the tournament.”
For his part, Stoyshkov revealed the existence of a project to build three stadiums in our country. “Now we are preparing a big project for three stadiums. If they allow us to do at least one, it will be of great benefit to Bulgaria. Many matches and finals are coming. As you can see, a few months ago, the finals were held in Albania and Macedonia. Why can’t we have a final of this level?” In Bulgaria? Somehow, with the eyes closed, with the hand shaking, Gianni Infantino and Aleksandar Ceferin can say ‘Okay you have a stadium and an airport, come and do it’, commented the winner Ballon d’Or in 1994.
One of the guests at the event spoke about Kamata – world champion with Germany in 1990, Thomas Berthold. “Of course, Hristo Stoichkov is part of the history of Bulgarian football, he is one of the greatest players. Unfortunately, I have bad memories of him because of that match in 1994. In the United States, when we lost 1: 2 to Bulgaria. I also remember Lechkov, who did not He had scored with a header before, but against us he scored exactly like that (without a header).”
Senior Vice President of BF S Atanas Furnadzhiev said that we are the only country in Europe that does not invest in football, and former owner of Levski Todor Batkov called for a change in rules aimed at forcing more Bulgarian footballers to play football. Home clubs. “But we are the only country in Europe that does not invest in football. “In the last 15 years, football has been made with a lot of money,” said Vornadzeev, and Batkov stated the following: “Bulgarian youth must necessarily play in the championship. Limit – This should be implemented in the regulation for next season. We are developing Bulgarian football, not giving jobs to poor, hungry guest workers. “Our championship is not weak, but I think it will not be affected if they play with three kids from Bulgarian football.”
“Princes’ Park” champion Emil Kostadinov said, “The focus should be on trainers in schools where the dog is buried,” and Mikhail Kasabov wished we would have a generation like 1994, when we became fourth. In the world.
Among the guests who attended the ceremony marking the centenary of Bulgarian football were the country’s former president Petar Stoyanov, Kalina Saksburgotska and many others.
More about the topic:
Infantino: Stoyshkov is an incredible legend
Ceferin: Bulgaria is an important country in the field of football
Stoyshkov: In the United States, we have shown the whole world that we are able to present ourselves with dignity
Bobby Mikhailov: Bulgarian football has made its contribution to Europe and the world
Karsh Radev: The biggest successes in Bulgarian football are yet to come
Infantino: Happy birthday, Bulgaria! Keep up the good work
