Arda's coach Alexander Tunchev announced after the goalless draw against HIK in the first match of the second preliminary round of the Conference League that he regrets the missed victory, but the point is historic for the team from Kardzhali and they are going to the second leg in Finland to move forward, sportal.bg reported.
"We regret that we didn't win. We created enough chances to score a goal. The lack of a chance in some situations hindered us.
The boys gave it their all, put in a lot of effort. We did pretty well. HIK didn't have a shot on our goal. They had possession of the ball in the first half, but it wasn't that dangerous. I'm sorry we didn't win, but it's a historic first point for Arda in Europe.
We had planned to try to look for spaces with passes from one wing to the other. We found them, but we weren't able to score such an important goal for us.
The artificial pitch in Finland will certainly have some influence. They have an advantage, but the match is open and we will try to continue", concluded Tunchev optimistically.