SOFIA: Bulgaria appointed Georgi Dermendzhiev as new national football coach in place of Krasimir Balakov who quit last week in the wake of a 0-6 loss against England overshadowed by racist abuse. “Georgy Dermendzhiev is the new Bulgarian national team coach. We’ll finalise the documents tomorrow,” Bulgarian Football Union vice president Yordan Lechkov was quoted as telling sportal.bg sports website on Monday. Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Couldridge Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY./File PhotoBalakov, who took over the national team in May, quit on Friday after the Euro 2020 qualifiers loss against England. Bulgaria are in a hurry to pick a new coach ahead of their last Euro 2020 qualifying game against the Czech republic on November 17.

Source: New Strait Times October 21, 2019 13:52 UTC