Bulgarians deny team punch-up

TWO leading Bulgaria players have denied they were involved in a dressing room punch-up after the 5-0 loss to Sweden.

Predrag Pazhin, a Serbian who qualifies by virtue of a Bulgarian passport, and fellow defender Ilian Stoyanov, who was on the bench, stressed there had been no rows or fights following their Group C thrashing in Lisbon.

Pazhin, who failed to stop Swedish striker Henrik Larsson scoring twice, said, “There was no fighting between us. You can see that we are here together today. There are no problems in the team at all.