(The 154th issue of the "Chinese Super League Old General Flash/Dynamics" column focuses on the Bulgarian coach Yasen Petrov, who has coached Shijiazhuang Yongchang, Henan Jianye and Beijing Control, who has just renewed his contract with the Bulgarian national team for one year and will lead the team to the B level of the European Nations League)
The Bulgarian Football Association has officially announced that it will renew its contract with Yasen until the end of 2022. He took over the coaching whip of the Bulgarian national team in mid-January last year, led the team to 13 games, achieved a record of 3 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, and in the World Preliminary Round European Zone Group C, his Bulgarian team only achieved a record of 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, scored 8 points, ranked 4th in the group, and failed to qualify for the group with Switzerland and Italy.
However, the Bulgarian team still had the heroic performance of the European Champions Italy team at the Franchi Stadium in Florence, and this loss of points also became the key reason why the Italian team ultimately failed to directly qualify for the World Cup, and the low point of The Year led by Yasen was that they lost away to Lithuania, the weakest team in the group, and that game also allowed Lithuania to get only 3 points in the entire World Preliminary Round.
After the renewal of his contract, his main task this year is to lead the team to the new season of the UEFA Nations League, and the Bulgarian team in the 4th group of C is in the same group as North Macedonia, Georgia and Gibraltar, with the goal of winning the first place in the group and advancing to the B level, and their main opponent is North Macedonia.
Before Yasin took over the Bulgarian team, he coached in Chinese football for nearly 6 years, successively coaching Shijiazhuang Yongchang, Beikong and Henan Jianye, and became the team's meritorious coach because he led Shijiazhuang Yongchang to the Chinese Super League as the runner-up in the 2014 season, but later, whether it was in Beikong, Jianye, or Yongchang, his coaching record was not ideal.