2024-07-25 20:14:09
Bulgaria’s vice-champion “Black Sea” returned to the European club tournaments after a break of 9 years with zero draws.
In Lovech, where the Israeli “Apoel” (Beer Sheva) hosts, Varna players missed their cleanest situation in the generally barren first match of the II preliminary round of the Conference League through Ismail Isa.
In the middle of the second half, the striker was brought alone against the goalkeeper Ofir Marciano, who deflected his shot.
The rematch is on August 1 in Razgrad, where “Black Sea” hosts in Europe.
“Apoel”, in whose composition the national player Ioan Stoyanov played for 63 minutes, chose Lovech as their host, because for reasons of security, the Israeli teams do not play in their homeland.
The winner of the clash will meet the winner of the duel between “Mlada Boleslav” and “Transinvest” in the III qualifying round. The Czech team beat the Lithuanian team 2:0 at home in the first match.
Otherwise, “Black Sea” last played in the tournaments in 2015, when they conceded 1:5 against “Dynamo” (Minsk) in the preliminary round of the Europa League.