2024-08-02 05:30:42
8 years after its establishment and during the second participation in the CSKA 1948 tournament, it eliminated an opponent in Europe for the first time.
Head coach Valentin Iliev’s boys fought to a 1:1 draw away to Buduchnost in Montenegro and after a 1:0 win in Sofia last week, they continue in the III preliminary round of the Conference League.
The opponent there will be the Cypriot “Paphos”, which eliminated the Lithuanian “Zalgiris” after extra time with 3:0 and a total score of 4:2.
On August 8, CSKA 1948 will be the host, and a week later they will visit the Island of Aphrodite.
In Podgorica, the field may not be as ugly as in Pazardzhik, but like the one in Vratsa, Vladimir Perišić opened the scoring in the 64th minute to equalize the overall score and the match went into overtime. In the 101st minute, the reserve Yevgeny Serdyuk scored the precious goal for 1:1..
In the next phase, the third strongest European tournament, the winner of the Bulgarian Cup “Botev” from Plovdiv will play, and the champion “Ludogorets” is in the III qualifying round of the Champions League.