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Nearly 20,000 football fans expected to attend World Cup qualifier between Bulgaria and Turkiye in Sofia

Photo: bfunion.bg

Nearly 20,000 football fans are expected to attend the World Cup qualifier between Bulgaria and Turkiye. The match will be played on Saturday, October 11, at 9.45 pm at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia.

The game will mark the debut of Bulgaria’s new head coach, Aleksandar Dimitrov. Around 15,000 tickets have already been sold, but additional interest is expected before kickoff. The refereeing team will be from Portugal.



Edited by Ivo Ivanov

Published and translated by Kostadin Atanasov

Photo: bfunion.bg



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