(4-7) Вечните Български Мачове USA 1994

Tsar football is above everything. Football unites not divides. Memories of the Bulgarian National football team from their only success on World Cup Competition.
Certainly one of the most important dates in Bulgarian football history is 17 November 1993, a date where Emil Kostadinov scored two goals to beat France in Paris, allowing Bulgaria to qualify for the World Cup in the United States in 1994. Under the management of Dimitar Penev, the Bulgarians, led by players such as Hristo Stoichkov, Yordan Lechkov, and Krasimir Balakov — along with a multitude of other talented players remembered in Bulgaria as the "Golden Generation" — made a strong impression by reaching the semi-finals. They entered Group D with Argentina, Nigeria, and Greece. Before that, the Bulgarians hadn't won a single match in five World Cup finals appearances. The first match ended with a 3--0 defeat by Nigeria. Despite the bad start, the team won 4--0 against World Cup-debuting featherweights Greece and 2--0 against Argentina. Argentina had actually been winning the group going into injury-time. A 91st minute strike from Nasko Sirakov, however, meant that they dropped two places and finished third. Bulgaria continued to the next round, where they faced Mexico. The match ended 1--1 and after no goals were scored in extra time, penalties would decide which team would go through. Team captain Borislav Mihaylov made a good performance saving the first three penalty kicks. Bulgaria won 3--1 on penalties with Mihaylov becoming the hero for the Bulgarian team. In the quarter-finals, Bulgaria faced the then-defending World Cup champions Germany. Lothar Matthäus scored from a penalty. The Bulgarians, however, managed to turn the game over with two goals by Hristo Stoichkov and Yordan Lechkov, giving them a 2--1 win and recording one of the most memorable wins for the team. Millions of Bulgarians celebrated this win in the Bulgarian capital city of Sofia and other Bulgarian cities. Having reached the semi-finals, this was the best Bulgarian performance in the World Cup. In the semi-finals, they lost 2--1 to Italy and lost 4--0 against Sweden in the third place match. Hristo Stoichkov was awarded the Golden Boot as a joint top scorer in the tournament with six goals, along with Russia's Oleg Salenko. Krasimir Balakov was named in the all-star team along with Stoichkov

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• nasko
• sirakov
• balakov
• bulgaria
• sofia
• stoichkov
• ivanov
• penev
• dimitar
• kiryakov
• kostadinov
• borimirov
• danail
• penevata
• cheta
• 1994
• USA
• mihailov
• borislav

[FOUDEFOOT85]

1994 was the year of Bulgaria !

[paoceltic]

Balkan Teams rulez

1994 Bulgaria 3-Place

1998 Croatia 3 -Place

2004 Greece Europeanchampion!

[mejeristen85]

Bulgaria came 4th ;) Sweden was 3rd in 1994

[vasexx123]

ahahah 01:22 kakvo pravi 16 nomer :D

[MsDia85]

@paoceltic

The last line was succeeded in a ridiculous way ,we all know ;)