CSKA 1948 narrowly beat Montenegro's Buduchnost 1:0 in the first leg of their second preliminary clash round of the Conference League, played at the "Vasil Levski" stadium, FOCUS reported.
The only goal in the match came in the first half, at the very end of the half, when Birsent Karagaren scored with a header after an assist from Radoslav Kirilov.
The second leg is on August 1st in Podgorica. Meanwhile, the eventual opponent of Bystrica in the next round Zalgiris came away with a 2:1 victory as the host of Paphos.
CSKA 1948: 1. Petar Marinov, 19. Steve Furtado, 22. Reyan Daskalov, 14. Teodor Ivanov, 15. Simeon Vasilev, 28. Nedelko Pishchevich, 39. Parviz Umarbaev, 9. Birsent Karagaren, 7. Tallis, 10. Radoslav Kirilov, 40. Mario Ilievski
FUTURE: 1. Mijatović, 3. Grivić, 55. Orahovac, 33. Adžić, 15. Gošević, 30. Andrija Bulatović, 14. Brnović, 7. Ivanovic, 10. Vukotić, 18. Hrabić, 11. Ivan Bulatovich