Embarrassing faux pas
Minute’s silence for ex-player – but he’s still alive
Petko Ganchev must have looked puzzled when he learned that the players of PFC Arda Kardzhali and Levski Sofia held a minute's silence in his honor on Sunday. After all, the 78-year-old Bulgarian is still alive ...
Even during the game, PFC Arda Kardzhali must have realized what a faux pas they had made: the club declared on Facebook that they had received false information about Ganchev's alleged death.
"Dear journalists and Arda fans, the management of PFC Arda would like to apologize to former Arda player Petko Ganchev and his relatives after the club received false information about his death. We wish Petko Ganchev many more years in good health and much joy in Arda's successes," the statement reads.
"Must remain positive"
According to a report in the Bulgarian newspaper "Blitz", Ganchev himself was at the wheel of his car when his cell phone started ringing incessantly. At home, his wife received him in tears after hearing about the alleged death of her husband on television. Thank God it was just a false report, Ganchev is fine and enjoying his life in the south of Bulgaria. "At the end of the day, we have to stay positive. Here, yesterday, when I heard the news, I drank a little brandy," the 78-year-old toasted to life.
This article has been automatically translated,
read the original article here.
Kommentare
Willkommen in unserer Community! Eingehende Beiträge werden geprüft und anschließend veröffentlicht. Bitte achten Sie auf Einhaltung unserer Netiquette und AGB. Für ausführliche Diskussionen steht Ihnen ebenso das krone.at-Forum zur Verfügung. Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.
User-Beiträge geben nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des Betreibers/der Redaktion bzw. von Krone Multimedia (KMM) wieder. In diesem Sinne distanziert sich die Redaktion/der Betreiber von den Inhalten in diesem Diskussionsforum. KMM behält sich insbesondere vor, gegen geltendes Recht verstoßende, den guten Sitten oder der Netiquette widersprechende bzw. dem Ansehen von KMM zuwiderlaufende Beiträge zu löschen, diesbezüglichen Schadenersatz gegenüber dem betreffenden User geltend zu machen, die Nutzer-Daten zu Zwecken der Rechtsverfolgung zu verwenden und strafrechtlich relevante Beiträge zur Anzeige zu bringen (siehe auch AGB). Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.