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Bulgaria bounce back by beating Malta
Published: Tuesday 10 September 2013, 22.00CET
Bulgaria consolidated second place in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying Group B thanks to a 2-1 success against Malta.
The visitors, who succumbed 1-0 against section winners Italy last time out, responded with intent in Ta' Qali as Radoslav Dimitrov opened the scoring on nine minutes. PFC CSKA Sofia midfielder Emil Gargorov doubled the lead before the hour though Edward Herrera's reply ensured a nerve-jangling final 12 minutes.
Lineups
 | Malta |  | Bulgaria |
| 1 | Haber (GK) | 13 | Mihaylov (GK) |
| 4 | Sciberras | 5 | Bodurov 87 |
| 5 | Agius | 9 | Popov (C) |
| 6 | Dimech | 11 | Dimitrov 9 |
| 7 | Failla 66 | 12 | Nedelev66 |
| 9 | M. Mifsud (C)77 | 14 | V. Minev |
| 11 | Herrera78 | 15 | Ivanov |
| 13 | Schembri64 | 17 | G. Milanov81 |
| 15 | R. Muscat | 18 | Gadzhev |
| 17 | R. Camilleri82 | 21 | Dyakov89 |
| 22 | A. Muscat | 23 | Gargorov5961 |
Substitutes | |||
| 12 | Hogg (GK) | 1 | Stoyanov (GK) |
| 2 | Caruana82 | 2 | Manolev |
| 3 | Grioli | 3 | A. Aleksandrov |
| 8 | R. Fenech6687 | 4 | Zanev |
| 10 | Cohen | 6 | Y. Minev |
| 14 | Mintoff | 7 | Delev66 |
| 16 | P. Fenech | 8 | Rangelov6186 |
| 18 | Bajada | 10 | Tonev |
| 19 | T. Vella77 | 16 | I. Milanov |
| 19 | Zlatinski81 | ||
| 20 | V. Hristov | ||
| 22 | G. Iliev | ||
Coaches | |||
| Pietro Ghedin (ITA) | Luboslav Penev (BUL) | ||
Referee | |||
| Alexandru Tudor (ROU) | |||
Standings
Italy
Bulgaria
Denmark
Czech Republic
Armenia
MaltaLast updated: 11/09/2013 08:09 CET
Legend:
- P: Played
- Pts: Points
Matches
| F | Russia |  |  | Israel |  | |
| G | Lithuania |  |  | Liechtenstein | | |
| B | Armenia |  |  | Denmark | | |
| C | Kazakhstan |  |  | Sweden | | |
| E | Norway |  |  | Switzerland | | |
| I | Georgia |  |  | Finland | | |
| D | Romania |  |  | Turkey | | |
| B | Malta |  |  | Bulgaria | | |
| F | Luxembourg |  |  | Northern Ireland | | |
| G | Slovakia |  |  | Bosnia and Herzegovina | | |
| A | FYROM |  |  | Scotland | | |
| D | Andorra |  |  | Netherlands | | |
| D | Hungary |  |  | Estonia | | |
| E | Cyprus |  |  | Slovenia | | |
| G | Greece |  |  | Latvia | | |
| H | Ukraine |  |  | England | | |
| A | Wales |  |  | Serbia | | |
| C | Faroe Islands |  |  | Germany | | |
| B | Italy |  |  | Czech Republic | | |
| C | Austria |  |  | Republic of Ireland | | |
| H | San Marino |  |  | Poland | | |
| E | Iceland |  |  | Albania | | |
| I | Belarus |  |  | France | |
Match statistics
Malta
Bulgaria
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Minute By Minute
The final whistle is blown.- 89Dyakov (Bulgaria) is booked.
- 87R. Fenech (Malta) is booked.
- 87Bodurov (Bulgaria) is booked.
- 86Rangelov (Bulgaria) is booked.