📌 Return after a severe injury

The 18-year-old setter Simeon Nikolov will once again be part of Bulgaria's squad for the final tournament of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Gdansk, Poland. This comes justtwo weeksafter Nikolov severely sprained his left ankle during the match against Turkey in Burgas onJune 28. Many then feared that the young talent would miss the rest of the competition.

💪 Successful rehabilitation and excellent work by the medical team

In the last15 daysthe national team's medical staff worked tirelessly with the athlete to accelerate his recovery and give him a chance to return to play for the concluding matches of the tournament. Thanks to theprofessionalism, attention, and dedication of the medical team, Simeon managed to step into the hall at the beginning of this week and started training alongside his teammates.

This is not only good news for the national team but also a demonstration of the excellent coordination between the athlete, coaches, and medical specialists, who made maximum efforts to bring the young setter back to the court.

🌟 Debut for libero Damyan Kolev

In the squad for the last VNL tournament, we will also seethe first matches for this edition of the league for libero Damyan Kolev, which provides additional options and freshness in Bulgaria's reception and defense.

🏐 Squad for the tournament in Gdansk

Here are the selected14 players, who will defend the colors of Bulgaria in Poland:

• Setters:Simeon Nikolov, Stoil Palev

• Opposite:Venislav Antov

• Outside Hitters:Aleksandar Nikolov, Asparuh Asparuhov, Georgi Tatarov, Martin Atanasov, Rusi Zhelev

• Middle Blockers:Alex Grozdanov, Iliya Petkov, Krasimir Georgiev, Preslav Petkov

• Liberos:Martin Bozhilov, Damyan Kolev