FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League C - Group 3 - Slovenia v Bulgaria - Stozice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia - September 6, 2018 Bulgaria's Kiril Despodov before the match REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria winger Kiril Despodov is set to have ankle surgery next week and will miss the Euro 2020 qualifying playoff semi-final against Hungary on March 26.
"The surgery will be in Innsbruck on Tuesday," said Despodov, who joined Serie A side Cagliari last year but was loaned to Austria's Sturm Graz for the 2019-20 season. "According to the doctors, I'll be sidelined for up to eight weeks."
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