2024-04-19 03:57:23
The final in the men’s volleyball championship between “Levski” and CSKA is a dream come true. This was stated at a press conference by legend Vladimir Nikolov, who is co-chairman of the “blue” club.
“If in the days before the Super Bowl (mid-October last year – b.r.)someone had told me that the championship final would be between “Levski” and CSKA, I would have told him that he was a lunatic and didn’t know where he was. But this match is a dream come true.
We had problems with both clubs during the season at different times. CSKA are an experienced team – with two equal distributors, with 6 “fours”, with the best libero in Bulgaria, with a Serbian scoring machine (Strahinja Burzakovich – b.b.).
A match between “Levski” and CSKA is an event. 6-7 years ago, we organized one at “Arena Armeets”. The organization lasted 3 months, there were 6 thousand people in the stands with paid tickets, and yet the financial results were negative.
There was no way that could physically happen now. We cannot provide security, which for this match should be about 500 people – private security guards. I think that in this fight there is no place for provocations and excesses,” said Vlado Nikolov.
“The issue with the Champions League is very delicate, but hopefully it will come to our head. We have been discussing with the partners for some time. Even Heber was not guaranteed to get out of the group, although he had put together two equal squads. It is our responsibility, of course, not to expose ourselves.
A lot of the guys who are playing now won’t have a place in the team. in the Champions League, you can reach the round of 16 with great strain, the quarter-final is something almost unthinkable. I don’t know if it’s worth bringing in new contestants. They will come, they will play the games, they will take the money, but it means that our children will not touch the Champions League.
We have decided next season to rely on the distributions from the school, you know that Simeon (Nikolov) leaves for the USA. If you ask me if Stoil (Palev) and Victor (Zhekov), they have a Champions League level – they don’t. But they can’t develop if they don’t play. So we haven’t made a decision yet,” Nikolov commented on possible participation in the Champions League.