2024-08-22 08:34:42
Zahari Sirakov, who temporarily leads “Ludogorets”, has already faced the coach of the opponent of Razgrad in the Europa League – “Petrocub”.
The first match of the playoff for the Europa League between the home hegemon and the Moldovan team is tonight. The match is at 21:00 in Razgrad.
It turns out that Sirakov and Andrey Martin met on Russian grounds more than 10 years ago. At that time, the current coach of “Ludogorets” was playing for “Amkar”, and today’s opponent was taking his first steps in his career as a coach. In 2013, Zahari Sirakov’s team faced Kuban, where Martin was an assistant.
For the second time in its history, “Ludogorets” will face a Moldovan team. Hardly anyone in Razgrad wants to remember the first – the resounding losses against “Milsami” in 2015.
“To some extent, the team managed to pick itself up after the loss to Karabakh.” However, it was seen in the first half of the match with “Levski” that there was some tension in the players”, said the coach of the native champion Zahari Sirakov at his press conference before the match with “Petrocub”.
For the former footballer, this will be his debut as a coach in European club tournaments.
In all likelihood, Sirakov will make a few changes compared to the weekend game when Levski was defeated. Anton Nedyalkov and Jakub Piotrovski did not play against the “blues” due to injuries. However, the two captains of Razgrad are expected to start from the first minute against the Moldovan champions.
The coach of “Ludogorets” added that today’s opponent is scouted to the limit. And there is nothing to surprise his players.