The shocking road accident suffered by the Bulgarian national team

This Saturday the selection of Bulgaria He suffered a shocking accident that left one of his players hospitalized after a lengthy skull operation. Concern for Todo Nedelev grows and another traffic accident hits football. It is that this Friday it became known of the harsh news that the footballer Billel Benhammouda died in the same condition when he returned home after playing for the Algerian team against Congo in the Four Nations tournament. Now the focus is on Nedelev and we will have to see how he evolves.

The incident occurred when the bus was going to the hotel in Georgia where they would be attending a game of League of Nations. According to the news portal Sportall.ge, there was a caravan of buses, one of them stopped abruptly and was hit by the one behind.

After the impact, the 29-year-old midfielder suffered a head injury and underwent emergency surgery. After two hours of surgery, during which several pieces of glass were removed from his head. The Botev Plovdiv player would be out of danger and will have to be hospitalized for two weeks.

“The Bulgarian national team suffered a serious car accident after arriving in Tbilisi. On the way to the team’s hotel, the driver of the first of the two buses carrying our team lost control of the vehicle, resulting in a serious accident. . After the collision, Todor Nedelev was taken to a local hospital. All the other team members and the Bulgarian national team are fine. “ highlighted the press release of the Federation.

They also produced another publication in which they detailed the progress of the footballer who competed in 44 matches with the Bulgarian national team and elaborated: “Todor Nedelev’s operation after a serious car accident involving our national team in Tbilisi was a success. The midfielder suffered a head injury, which required surgery. Nedelev will remain under the supervision of local medical teams,” as well as the national team doctor.

Finally, the national press officer, Viktor Ignatov, highlighted in a dialogue with Btv: “The good news is that Todor is already stabilized. We have been in the hospital all night. An operation was necessary and the decision had to be made. .. very quickly, because, God forbid, the consequences could be very serious, but luckily they acted quickly ».

This Sunday Georgia and Bulgaria will play the League of Nations match at the Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi with a capacity of over 54,000 people. So far the crossing has not been suspended and taking into account that no other player has been injured, everything would indicate that the game will be played normally.