Dimitar Berbatov was replaced in the first half of Bulgaria’s 6-1 thrashing at the hands of Serbia, with the injury believed to be his hamstring. He is now obviously a doubt for this weekend’s match against Aston Villa.
It could have been much worse for Bulgaria when considering that Serbia missed two penalties. Fortunately for Berbatov, he only had to endure half an hour!
In other International news, Nani and Ronaldo saw their country battered 6-2 by Brazil, something which will cheer Anderson no end when they’re back at Carrington.
Ji-Sung Park set up one of the goals in South Korea’s victory over Saudi Arabia.
Patrice Evra played for 90 minutes in France’s 0-0 draw against Uruguay, where he faced Diegoooo woooah.
Carlos Tevez played against a Darren Fletcher-less Scottish side, helping earn new boss Maradona a 1-0 win in Scotland.
John O’Shea got a full game whilst Darron Gibson got over an hour in Ireland’s defeat at home to Poland, whilst Jonny Evans got a full game in Northern Ireland’s defeat to Hungary.
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