SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) -Bulgaria coach Hristo Stoitchkov on Friday included just two Levski Sofia players in the his squad for Wednesday's international friendly at Slovakia.
Stoitchkov, who has traditionally built a defense made up mainly of Levski players, honored a request by the injury-plagued team's management to spare it ahead of a Champions League match against Barcelona.
Midfielder Dimitar Telkiyski and forward Hristo Yovov were the only Levski players on the squad, while Stoitchkov included rookie defenders Zhivko Zhelev and Petar Zanev of Litex Lovech.
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Squad:
Goalkeepers: Dimitar Ivankov (Kayserispor), Stoyan Kolev (Lokomotiv Plovdiv).
Defenders: Zhivko Zhelev (Litex Lovech), Petar Zanev (Litex Lovech), Valentin Iliev (CSKA Sofia), Alexander Tunchev (CSKA Sofia).
Midfielders: Radostin Kishishev (Charlton), Georgi Peev (Dynamo Kiev), Blagoi Georgiev (Red Star Belgrade), Yordan Todorov (CSKA Sofia), Chavdar Yankov (Hannover 96), Zdravko Lazarov (Erciyesspor), Dimitar Telkiyski (Levski Sofia).
Forwards: Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham), Valeri Bojinov (Juventus), Svetoslav Todorov (Wigan), Hristo Yovov (Levski Sofia), Kaloyan Karadzhinov (Lokomotiv Sofia).
