GROUP 8: A LATE leveller from Bulgaria's Blagoi Georgiev earned his team a 2-2 draw against Montenegro on Saturday.

The Montenegrins were embarking upon their first World Cup qualifying campaign as an independent nation following splitting with Serbia in 2006.

Mirko Vucinic struck his country's first goal on their competitive debut just after the hour mark, cancelling out Stiliyan Petrov's early opening goal.

Stevan Jovetic looked to have won it for the hosts nine minutes from time when he converted a penalty following an incident which saw Stanislav Angelov dismissed.

But Georgiev salvaged a dramatic draw for Bulgaria with his stoppage-time equaliser.