Bulgaria hopes a new feat against France in the debut of Hubchev
Bulgaria hopes a new feat against France in the debut of Hubchev
atsionalite are leaders in the group after the first matches
Tonight from 21:45 national team of Bulgaria goes against European champion France in the second match of qualifying for World Cup 2018. The match of the "Stade de France" will be the debut of new coach Peter Hubchev who only a week ago replaced the preferred bid Dinamo (Zagreb) Ivaylo Petev.
All still remember the feat of "lions" to "Parc des Princes" 23 years ago and hopes of the Bulgarians that tonight our national team will repeat the miracle, this time on "Stade de France".
The task of footballers Peter Hubchev however will not be easy. Bulgaria started qualifying with a difficult victory against Luxembourg with 4: 3 at the National Stadium "Vasil Levski" and the winning goal was scored in overtime of the match.
In his last three games, "lions" have conceded 14 goals and should seriously modify it if they want to present themselves with dignity against the French.
The players of Didier Deschamps started hesitantly qualifying round, finishing 0: 0 as guests of Belarus. European vice-champions will look to return to winning ways tonight if they want direct ranking of World Cup 2018. The large stars of "roosters" Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann be started from the first minute.
Probable teams:
France: Hugo Lloris, Bakary Sagna, Laurent Koschelni, Raphaël Varane, Luke Ding, N'golo Cante - Paul Pogba, Moussa Sissoko, Antoine Griezmann, Dimitri Payet, Kevin Gameyro
Bulgaria: Vladislav Stoyanov, Zhivko Milanov, Alexander Alexandrov, Strahil Popov, Anton Nedialkov, Svetoslav Dyakov, Simeon Slavchev, Ivelin Popov, Marcelinho, Georgi Milanov, Dimitar Rangelov
Stadium: Stade de France
Referee Luca Banti (Italy)