2024-03-03 17:05:52
The coach of “Levski” Nikolay Kostov believes that his team has drawn the necessary conclusions from the elimination in the round of 16 of the tournament for the cup by “Hebar” after 1:2 in Pazardzhik and tomorrow, when it visits for the championship, it will not make the same mistakes.
“Happy Holidays to everyone. It was very unpleasant when we lost for the cup. For the bowl, we blew the soup, with apologies. That’s how it happened,” began Kostov.
Interestingly, he uses the expression for blowing the soup, which is a trademark of his colleague at “Hebar” Luboslav Penev.
On the return of the Penn squad from Euro 1996 in England, where Lubo scored an own goal against France, he used a line at the airport that is still remembered today. “Whoever respects me – respects. Who doesn’t – blow the soup”, the central attacker of our state team shot then.
“I remember all the episodes of that game. We were very upset after that game. I remember the guys at halftime, I remember watching a lot of episodes and the behavior of our players and I made a decision about what needs to change in the near future of the team. It was an important day for me and this loss we swallowed very hard. We have learned our lessons and I hope we don’t repeat it. We are determined to win this game and we will win it most likely because we are in a good mood, determined to fight for every ball, for every meter. The boys have self-confidence. They are determined to go their own way and achieve their goals,” continued Kostov.
“Everton Bala is not carded and there is no way we will see him in action. We have no injuries, thank God. I don’t want to talk about flaws. We need to build on our good games, which aren’t that many. That’s why we’ve taken off the rose-colored glasses. The match with “Arda” went well for us. We scored an early goal, there was a great atmosphere. The players are working hard and must consolidate the good performance,” said the “blue” coach.
“I hope Carlos Ohene is a plus. Even before he joined the team, he had mixed opinions from our fans, but he is shaping up to be a crucial player for our team with his experience because we have a lot of young players. The changes in both teams will contribute to more non-standard things in the game, more unexpected moments,” concluded Kostov.