There are two or even three options for a new captain of the Bulgarian national football team for the last Nations League match against Belarus in Monday, announced the selector Ilian Iliev, already in Sofia, writes "Topic Sports".
“The Lions” managed a 1:0 away win over Luxembourg and with 8 points currently occupy the 2nd place in group C/3. The Belarusians are 3rd with 6, and with success and defeat of Northern Ireland in Luxembourg, the Bulgarian team can come out 1st in the final ranking.
Kiril Despodov received a yellow card in the Grand Duchy after he tried to break up opponents when a foul was committed by the Bulgarian team. Although he is the captain and has the right to speak to the referee, Yuri Frischer did not comply and took out the penalty for Despodov. Thus, with two yellow cards, he will serve a one-match suspension.
Since the second and third captains – Georgi Kostadinov and Iliya Gruev are not in the squad at the moment due to various reasons, a new person will wear the armband. Georgi Milanov is accepted as the favorite, writes BTA. The 32-year-old midfielder of Dinamo Bucharest returned to the team after a year and performed quite well last night. Radoslav Kirilov and goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov also have a chance to put on the ribbon. Iliev also said that this will be decided in the next two days.