Tag: Bulgaria

Player washes his mouth out with beer thrown on the pitch during Bulgarian playoff final

Why bother with water when there’s beer right there?

In the playoff final to decide which club would go on to the Europa League next season, tensions were high as Levski Sofia hosted Vereya. So high that fans threw cans of beer onto the pitch during the first half. Not one to let beer go to waste, Vereya defender Ivan Bandalovski picked up one of the cans and poured its contents into his mouth, then spit it out.

Later, with Levski up 1–0 in the final moments of added time, Bandalovski scored the equalizer that sent the match to extra time. Because when beer hits your lips, you develop superior abilities. This is science.

Levski went on to win in a penalty shootout, beating Vereya 9–8 after missing two of their first four shots (Bandalovski make his, naturally).

Anyway, Levski fans should be banned for wasting beer. Unforgivable.

CSKA Sofia fans do timely Darth Vader/Storm Troopers “Ultra Wars” tifo display

With the release of the new Star Wars film days away, CSKA Sofia fans put together a topical tifo display for their Bulgarian Cup quarterfinal against Sozopol. But instead of depicting themselves as the good guys, they opted to pull out Storm Trooper masks and a giant Darth Vader banner. Read more

DTotD: Champions League hero Cosmin Moti kicks opponent in the kidney, gets away with it

You might remember Cosman Moti as the Romanian superhero/defender who replaced Ludogorets’ goalkeeper against Steaua Bucharest and made two penalty shootout saves after scoring one of his own to put his side in the Champions League group stage. But one CSKA Sofia player now knows him as the guy who made him pee blood.

Moti delivered a kung-fu kick to his opponent’s midsection as a means of keeping him away from an incoming ball that was nowhere near his foot. Incredibly, the referee didn’t punish Moti at all, perhaps knowing that he is a man with powers that must be feared.

Ludogorets went on to win 4-0, presumably with Moti scoring all four goals and earning the clean sheet.

This has been the Dirty Tackle of the Day: a chronicling of unfortunate events.