SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) -Manchester City winger Martin Petrov was included in Bulgaria's squad for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Italy and Georgia despite his knee injury.
Coach Plamen Markov announced a 20-man squad Monday for the Oct. 11 match against Italy in Sofia and the away match at Georgia on Oct. 15.
The Bulgarians are in Group 8 along with Italy, Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia and Montenegro.
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Squad:
Goalkeepers: Dimitar Ivankov (Bursaspor), Georgi Petkov (Levski Sofia)
Defenders: Valentin Iliev (Terek Grozni), Alexander Tunchev (Leicester), Lucio Wagner (Levski Sofia), Ivan Ivanov (CSKA Sofia), Stanislav Manolev (Litex Lovech), Zhivko Milanov (Levski Sofia), Mihail Venkov (Litex Lovech)
Midfielders: Stanislav Angelov (Energie Cottbus), Stilian Petrov (Aston Villa), Stanislav Genchev (Vaslui), Velizar Dimitrov (Metallurg Donetsk), Chavdar Yankov (Hannover 96), Blagoy Georgiev (Slavia Sofia)
Forwards: Martin Petrov (Manchester City), Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United), Zdravko Lazarov (CSKA Sofia), Dimitar Rangelov (Energie Cottbus), Ivelin Popov (Litex Lovech)
