Bulgaria lost 0:5 away to Northern Ireland in the Nations League. Thus the Lions registered their first defeat under Ilian Iliev. Midfielder Isaac Price scored a hat-trick in our goal, scoring in the 15th, 29th and 81st minutes. Dion Charles and reserve Josh Majemanis scored the other goals. Bulgarian captain Kiril Despodov missed a penalty at the end of the first half. The defeat pulls the Lions down in the group, with two rounds to go we are now in third position.
NORTHERN IRELAND 5:0 BULGARIA
1:0 Isaac Price (15) 2:0 Isaac Price (29) 3:0 Dimitar Mitov (32 - own goal) 4:0 Isaac Price (81) 5:0 Josh Magennis (89)
NORTHERN IRELAND: 12. 12. Trey Hume, 17. Patrick McNair, 4. Eoin Toole, 2. Connor Bradley, 19. Shay Charles, 16. Alistair McCann, 20. Brody Spencer, 14. Isaac Price, 10. Dion Charles, 8. Callum Marshall.
BULGARIA: 1. Dimitar Mitov, 2. 2. Zhivko Atanasov, 15. Simeon Petrov, 5. 5. Serkan Yusein, 7. Georgi Kostadinov, 11. Kiril Despodov, 14. Filip Krastev, 8. Radoslav Kirilov, 17. Martin Minchev.
