Before the first leg against Georgia, the Bulgarian national team had a bus accident.
Among other things, a player was taken to the hospital with a skull fracture.
“On the way to the hotel, the driver lost control,” wrote the Bulgarian Football Union.
On Sunday, Georgia will meet Bulgaria in the Nations League. But the away team faced a turbulent charge before the match.
Last night, the Bulgarian national football team had a bus accident. The news site dir.bg reported that two buses, where the players and leaders were, collided with each other in a tunnel.
“On the way to the team hotel, the driver of the first two buses lost control of the vehicle, which led to a serious accident,” the Bulgarian Football Union wrote in a press release.
Botev Plovdiv player Todor Nedelev was taken to hospital after suffering a skull fracture.
The rival club shows its support
After a successful operation, Nedelev’s condition should now be stable. Relatives of the player needed to agree to the operation to be performed, as it was considered advanced. On social media, many Bulgarian clubs have sent their support to Nedelev.
“Lokomotiv Plovdiv wishes Todor Ndelev, a worthy competitor on the field, a successful recovery and a speedy return!” , wrote a club.
The press officer of the national team, Viktor Ignatov, believes that an earlier accident in the tunnel and wet asphalt may have caused the accident.
Despite the incident, it is impossible to postpone the Georgia-Bulgaria match, according to dir.bg.