Bulgaria remained winless in the Euro 2024 qualifiers, losing yesterday also to Albania (2-0). Kirill Despodov, after the harsh criticism the team receives, could not stand it and broke out.
“If you think I’m guilty, I should resign as leader“, he answered a reporter after the match. “I told you that it is not our job to comment on what the problems are. What is required of us, the coaches and the management, is to try to do our best. Who is to blame, what problems exist and how they should be solved is none of our business. It’s like asking the people in charge what they should change and do. I don’t want to get involved in intrigue. I am a player of the National team, I play as much as I can, we give everything, as those who play do“, he added.
“It weighs on us. And we want to win, if possible, every game. We do our best. We went into these qualifiers with excitement. Maybe it’s not the real score, with these two points we have now. We should have had more, but that’s how the matches went, we didn’t manage to win in the last minutes against both Serbia and Montenegro. With Lithuania we had to win at all costs. So there are many mistakes from us too. Not only from the coaches or the administration of the federation“, continued the ace of PAOK and concluded: “It is definitely difficult for the new kids who come to the National Team. Most of them are young, they don’t have a long career behind them, they haven’t played abroad. Maybe they haven’t faced so much hate as what’s been pouring on us lately. Maybe it affects them very badly psychologically and it is difficult for them. There are two options, either keep walking with your head down or move on. This is the only way you can build a strong character».
Source: Sport Fm
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