Finally, we could see a flowing match. Manchester United beat Southampton at St Mary's by 3 goals. It was a match for the third round of the FA Cup. Southampton plays in the lower division, the Championship, so it was a comfortable game. The initial XI were: Van der Sar as goalkeeper; Neville, Evans, Vidic and O'Shea as defenders; Nani, Anderson, Carrick and Giggs as midfielders; Welbeck and Dimitar as forwards. Tévez was still on Argentina. The odds were even better when a rival player was ex… Continue

Dimitar was named on December 27th as Bulgaria’s Footballer of the Year 2008 voted by the journalist of the Bulgarian Football Union. Berbatov got 283 points ahead of runner-up Georgi Petkov of Levski with 162 points. It is the fifth time Dimitar obtains this award (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008), equaling the record of Hristo Stoichkov.

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Barely, again! Manchester United beat Middlesbrough by one goal at Old Trafford. But the best news is that Dimitar scored the only goal. He was part of the starting XI: Van der Sar as goalkeeper; O’Shea, Vidic, Evans and Rafael as defenders; Park, Fletcher, Carrick and Cristiano as midfielders; Rooney and Dimitar as forwards. Tévez was not even on the bench because he flew to Argentina on family matters. The statistics point at 34 chances for United and only Dimitar goal spare them the blushes.… Continue

Barely! Manchester United beat Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium. There was only one goal. Ferguson fielded a strange team: Van der Sar as goalkeeper; Neville, Evans, Vidic and O’Shea as defenders; Giggs, Scholes, Fletcher and Cristiano as midfielders; Rooney and Tévez as forwards. Yes, Dimitar was on the bench. There was an awful back line because Ferdinand hurt his back in the warm-up, Evra is suspender for half a dozen matches and Brown is injured. This time Evans was the worst defender; Ne… Continue

Manchester United is the Club World Champion. The team beat the Ecuadorian team Liga de Quito. Rooney scored the solitary goal at the 73rd minute assisted by Cristiano. Vidic received a straight red card in the beginning of the second half because of a foul over a rival player. Again, Dimitar did not play but he was on the bench. Ferguson fielded an energetic team: Van der Sar as goalkeeper; Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic and Evra as defenders; Cristiano, Carrick, Anderson and Park as midfielders; Té… Continue