The teams of Apoel (Beer Sheva) and Cherno More ended in result 0:0 in a match of the second qualifying round of the Conference League, reported sportal.bg.
This was the first match for the “sailors” in the European tournaments for nine years. The match was played at the City Stadium in Lovech, where the Israelis hosted due to the situation in their homeland.
The silver medalist of the efbet League was strongly supported by his most loyal supporters who have been waiting for this meeting for nine years.
That's how it got to the 40th minute, when the "sailors" they had a good chance, but Ismail Issa couldn't reach the ball alone against goalkeeper Marciano.
At the break, Iliev replaced Nikolay Zlatev and Dudu with Andres Kalkan and Asen Donchev, who is a junior at CSKA-Sofia, orientated himself well in front of the penalty area and attempted a shot that did not make it difficult for the Apoel goalkeeper. In the subsequent attack in the 60th minute, Badash shot into the hands of Iliev.
Home national Ioan Stoyanov, who did not play his strongest match, was replaced in the 63rd minute.
A little later, the Black Sea made an incredible miss. The battering ram Issa was brought in behind the defense excellently by Kalkan, but missed when he was in contact with Marciano. The former Feyenoord goalkeeper cleared the ball, which was going into the bottom right corner, with the toes of his right foot.
Plamen Iliev stood at the home team's goal, and Viktor Popov, Zhivko Atanasov, Vlatko Drobarov and Tsvetomir Panov acted in defense in front of him. Daniel Dimov and Vasil Panayotov acted as defensive midfielders, while Nikolay Zlatev and new addition Dudu were on the wings. Mazir Sula was behind Ismail Isa, who led the attack of Varna people.
Thus, everything in this clash will be decided at the stadium in Razgrad, where the rematch between the two teams will be played.
APOEL: 1. Ofir Marciano, 2. Guy Mazrahi, 5. Or Florian, 18. Eitan Tibi, 22. Elder Lopes, 8. Roy Gordana, 19. Shai Elias, 24. Guy Badash, 27. Ioan Stoyanov, 77. Rotem Hatwell, 17. Alon Turgeman;
BLACK SEA: 33. Plamen Iliev, 6. Viktor Popov, 3. Zhivko Atanasov, 28. Vlatko Drobarov, 2. Tsvetomir Panov, 71. Vasil Panayotov, 27. Daniel Dimov, 11. Dudu, 10. Mazir Sula, 39. Nikolay Zlatev, 9. Ismail Isa.