CSKA defender Teodor Ivanov will replace Kristian Dimitrov in the Bulgarian national team for the tour in Indonesia, writes "Tema Sport", quoted by CSKA.
Our national team, led by Alexander Dimitrov, will play two tests - against the Solomon Islands on March 27 and one between the hosts and Saint Kitts and Nevis three days later.
Even before Levski's match against Cherno More (2:1), there was talk that Kristian Dimitrov would not travel to Indonesia.
Subsequently in this match, the defender was injured and was replaced by Nikola Serafimov.
Thus, Teodor Ivanov will become the second CSKA player to fly to Jakarta after Ivan Turitsov.
The curious thing is that yesterday the Bulgarian Football Union officially announced that no other player would be called up to replace Dimitrov, but apparently the headquarters have changed their decision.
Initially, Valio Iliev's son was in the plans of the youth national team coach Todor Yanchev, who had called him up for the upcoming European qualifiers against Gibraltar and Azerbaijan.
This season, Teodor Ivanov has 19 matches for the first team of CSKA, 1 for the double in the Second League and 3 for the Bulgarian Cup.
Hristo Yanev never gave an explanation for the fact that in the fifth consecutive match, the winter addition Isak Sole did not make it into the starting lineup, and yesterday against Dobrudzha he did not even appear in the game.
"The reason is that there are three other midfielders on the field. We can't play with more, or if we can, someone from another position won't come on the field. That's the only reason. We have a good, competitive midfield and in every match a different player can play. I've been happy with Max (ed. - Ebong) since day one with us. We know his qualities and we use them in the best way", Yanev joked after the victory.
Leandro Godoy was happy with his second goal of the spring, although he didn't play particularly convincingly.
"It was a difficult match, but it's still good that we managed to take it as we had planned. I work very hard and being a substitute in some matches is not on the agenda. Whenever I get a chance, I try to give my best. Now we have serious tests ahead of us. There are still three matches until the end of the regular season. "All three are very important," the Argentine said.