Montenegro Humiliate Bulgaria, Stoilov Resigns

Bulgaria's Ivelin Popov (R) vies for the ball with Milorad Pekovic (L) of Montenegro during the UEFA EURO 2012 qualification match. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's national football team suffered a humiliating 0:1 defeat from Montenegro at home in Sofia in its second match from the Euro 2012 qualifications.

The only goal in the match was scored by Montenegro's Zverotic in the 35th minute. The Bulgarians had a couple of opportunities but for the most time they were utterly disorganized and their attacks fell apart easily.

The 0:1 loss at home from Montenegro comes 5 days after Bulgaria lost 4:0 from England at Wembley in London.

In a blitz interview for the Bulgarian National Television after the match with Montenegro, the coach of the Bulgarian national football team Stanimir Stoilov said he will most certainly be resigning as a result of the failure.

Shortly before midnight on Tuesday, the head of the Bulgarian Football Union Borislav Mihaylov confirmed that he accepted Stoilov's resignation and announced the start of a search for a new coach.

Thus, Bulgaria has no points after its first two matches in the Euro 2012 qualifications, and, as Stoilov himself pointed out, the team's chances to make it to the next European championship have declined substantially.

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