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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Paul MacInnes

Bulgarian footballer honoured with minute’s silence … despite not being dead

Arda Kardzhali players pay tribute to the club’s former player Petko Ganchev, who is very much alive, before the league game against Levski Sofia on Sunday
Arda Kardzhali players pay tribute to the club’s former player Petko Ganchev, who is very much alive, before the league game against Levski Sofia on Sunday. Photograph: FC Arda

A Bulgarian footballer who was honoured with a minute’s silence by his former club, despite not being dead, has shared his side of the story and admitted “being buried alive is quite stressful, really”.

The life of Petko Ganchev was commemorated by the top-division side Arda Kardzhali last Sunday, after they were wrongly informed of the former striker’s demise.

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