December 4 – A Bulgarian player who tried to strike a referee with a bottle after being sent off has been banned for 10 games by his country’s football association.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv defender Diyan Moldovanov confronted referee Stanislav Stavrov after the final whistle of his team’s 1-1 draw with Cherno More Varna last weekend.
Moldovanov had been substituted earlier due to injury but ran on to the field at the end of the game to confront the official. He was immediately shown a straight red card and then threw the bottle.
Lokomotiv, the 2004 champions, said they would appeal the ban.
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