"God is Bulgarian!"
Famous quote of a Bulgarian commentator after Kostadinov's last second goal against France in 1993 that qualified Bulgaria for the 1994 World Cup.

 

Emil Kostadinov is yet another great Bulgarian striker, who became famous for his last-minute goal against France, which devastated the over-confident French (one minute before the commentator already celebrated and said "It's in the pocket") and qualified Bulgaria for the 1994 World Cup, thus freeing the way towards what should become the most remarkable performance ever of Bulgarian football. Kostadinov has played for such famous teams as FC Porto and Bayern Munich and his successes include a Portuguese Championship and the UEFA-Cup title with Bayern. Emo's main skills are his extraordinary sprinting ability coupled with a perfect handling of the ball and a great goal-instinct. He's always good for a goal and he really gives the defenders some hard work.