The legend of Bulgarian volleyball and one of the presidents of “Levski” Vladimir Nikolov commented emotionally on the first victory of the “blues” in the Champions League. It came after a reversal from 0:2 to 3:2 over the French “Chaumont”.
It is led by the Italian Silvano Prandi, who is the last coach who led Bulgaria to a medal from a major men’s championship – European bronze in 2009, and the captain was Vlado Nikolov.
“I don’t know how excited Niki Zhelyazkov (Levski coach) was, maybe I’m a little more excited than him. I was extremely worried during the match, but the bigger the worry, the bigger the happiness Really first win in the Champions League against one of the best teams in France.
This is the path – to develop players and impose on them, which we have chosen and believe is the right one. And we will follow him. In any case, it is clear to all of us that we cannot win the Champions League, but we can give our children the opportunity to develop in the best way and protect the colors of “Levski” and the honor of Bulgaria.
We have three games left, two are against teams from our level – Lüneburg and Chaumont. Although we lost to a German team, I believe that we have the sportsmanship and technical skills to show a better game and if we can win two more games, we can also finish second in the group. Dreams are free.
I have a lot to say about Prandi and nothing but good things. I have known him for over 15 years. He was my coach in “Cuneo”, in the national team, in “Lyon”. We greeted each other collegially, I greeted his wife, whom I know very well, he greeted mine,” commented Nikolov.