2024-04-12 00:00:40
After making a salad of Austria’s federal chancellor Karl Nehammer, Hristo Stoichkov had to endure the desire of his compatriots to take pictures with him.
By chance, the dinner of the Bulgarian group in Brussels, which included, in addition to Kamata, legends such as Maria Grozdeva, Lyubomir Ganev, Yordan Yovchev, Antoineta Stefanova and Gergina Skerlatova, was exactly at the restaurant where the MEPs from Austria had also gathered. Several of them immediately rushed to greet Kamata. The Italians smelled it first, then came the English tourists, generally all evening, like
Stoichkov was never able to get a good look at the Champions League match
“Paris Saint-Germain” – “Barcelona”, ended 3:2 for the Catalans.
“I don’t know who the people are who don’t want us – Stoichkov blurted out during the conference in the European Parliament, organized by Andrey Slabakov. – I know that when the name Trifon Ivanov is mentioned, everyone in Austria knows who he is. I will always defend my country.
We are not second or third hand!
Let the Austrian interior minister know where Bulgaria is and what it has given to the world. We want to feel equal in the big European family. There is no water in the Danube. If in Austria they play it on water, I play it on land. My people cannot suffer because of one man. You can’t ignore us. You have to be harsh with those who don’t want us”, he added and pointed out how many friends he has in Austria and how he scored 2 goals for them years ago.
Ideas were immediately heard in the hall to return the post of chief negotiator and to appoint Stoichkov to it, who seems to be the only one who can bring things to an end. “After they don’t want us – to surround us.
Not a single car or truck with Austrian registration should pass through Bulgaria
and period. You remember what Romania did to the Dutch tulips – come on, everyone, to the Danube. We will be fine without Austrian goods and companies,” Stoichkov enraged.
It was the last session of the European Parliament in Brussels and all MPs were present. They have just one meeting left in Strasbourg before the end of their mandate, after which they disband until after the elections on June 9.
Greek football legend Theo Zagorakis stormed out of the plenary, even though there was a vote, after Petar Vitanov called him to see Kamata. Zagorakis is an independent MEP, having been elected on the list of the EPP in 2014 as a member of “New Democracy”. In January 2020, however, the committee for professional sports decided to send his beloved PAOK and Xanthi to the second league, and in protest he left the party, but remained in the European Parliament.
The Chamber also had a personal meeting with the former President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and the Commissioner for Budget and Finance, Johannes Hahn.
Another surprise awaited Stoichkov in the cocktail hall, which was given in his honor by Andrey Slabakov. One of the first guests who expected the appearance of Kamata was Carles Puigdemont, the leader of the separatists in Catalonia. After winning all the court cases, he too was returned as an MEP.
Stoichkov once suffered because of him,
because he supported secession from Spain. In response to this, the authorities in Madrid demanded that he be stripped of the title “Honorary Consul of Bulgaria in Barcelona”.
The meeting with the Chamber was attended by all the Bulgarian MEPs, as well as a bunch of foreigners. Even an Englishman had learned the phrase “what’s up, dammit” from his boss to greet him.
However, the interest was turned by the son of the left-wing MEP Elena Yoncheva – Teodor, who had a blast with Stoichkov and, after making a high-five, turned him down. The little one trained at the “Anderlecht” school, as well as several other sports. He was with the “Barcelona” team, but with number 5.
“It has started, some will have a visor, some will not
Everything is going according to plan, I’m glad people are doing their job, unique guys, unique group. They said that here in a month or so, everything will be cleared up and things will be done according to plan. There are many things that need to be completed. They have left, almost the entire stadium is no longer concrete, only the central stand remains, but it is good. Big nostalgia. Chim goes to the Hall of Fame, naturally.
I know the first day I walked into the locker room, my first steps through the tunnel,
where I have stood for so many years and matches. Nostalgia is great, but it has passed. The last game when we played, then maybe it was the last. Hope everything goes according to plan from now on. In a month or so they said that everything will be cleared and from then on, maybe in a year and a half we will have a facility that will be enjoyed by thousands of people”, said Stoichkov about the reconstruction of the “Bulgarian Army”. He was at the stadium just before he arrived in Brussels.
“I played with his father. He was my competitor, I just wish him to keep his word. Nothing more,” Stoichkov said succinctly about the new president of the BFS, Georgi Ivanov-Gonzo.