2024-09-26 06:08:26
The third-ranked among all the participants in the Europa League – the Czech “Slavia” (Prague) defeated the Bulgarian football hegemon in the last 13 years “Ludogorets” 2:0 shortly before the end.
The match in Razgrad is the first of the group phase of the second strongest European club tournament.
Matej Jurasek opened the scoring in the 37th minute.
The hosts, for their part, missed several extremely comfortable chances to score in the first half.
After the break, the Czechs stepped up and doubled their lead.
After exactly an hour of play, the visitors introduced striker Moimir Hytil, who played in the European Championship with the Czech Republic, and five minutes later scored the second goal.
Lukash Provod placed the ball from a corner kick and Hitil made it 2:0 for “Slavia” with a strong shot.
This was the first loss for “Ludogorets” under the leadership of the still temporary coach Zahari Sirakov.
He took over from Georgi Dermendzhiev after the scandalous 2:7 home loss against the Azerbaijani “Karabakh” in the third qualifying round of the Champions League.
Next week, the people of Razgrad visit another Czech team – “Viktoria” in Pilsen.
The judge was the Frenchman Jerome Brizard.
Here are the starting lineups of the two coaches.
“Ludogorets”: Sergio Padt, Son, Dinis Almeida, Olivier Verdon, Aslak von Vitry, Jakub Piotrowski, Pedro Naresi, Caio Vidal, Ruan Cruz, Rick Jonathan, Kwadwo Dua.
Slavia (Prague): Antonin Kinski, Jan Boril, David Zima, Tomasz Holesz, El Hadj Diouf, Christos Zafeiris, Oscar Dorli, Konrad Wallem, Lukasz Provod, Matej Jurasek, Tomasz Hori.