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Latvian national football team player Andrejs Cigaņiks on Thursday UEFA The European League match stood out with an active game, but it was not enough for the Ukrainian team Luhansk’s Zorya to maintain hopes of a “play-off”.
In subgroup G, Zorya defeated the City of Leicester, which plays in the English Premier League, 1-0 (0: 0).
In this round, the Ukrainian club hoped for Braga’s failure against the Athens AEK. If the Portuguese team had played even a draw, Zorya would still have hoped for a playoff.
With 32 minutes played, Cigaņiks had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot flew harmlessly into the side-netting of the goal. The Latvian national footballer did not shy away from playing high in almost all matches, often “squeezing” City midfield players.
After 35 minutes, Cigaņiks sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving.
“Zorya” attacked from the first minute of the game more often and tried to arrange good chances to score. The long effort paid off in the 84th minute, with Allah Sayadmanes, led by Zorja, putting a “goal” on the lawn. He was noticed by Deniss Favorovs at the left goal post.
Already in the third minute of the compensation time, the Ukrainian club was rescued from the draw by Nikolai Vasily, who prevented Jengiz Indera from hitting the ball in the left corner of the goal.
In another game of this group, the Portuguese “Braga” won the Athens AEK with the guests 4: 2 (3: 1).
Rikardu Horta scored the winning goal at the end of the first half for the “Braga” team. Ricard Esadjy, Torman and Vanderson Galeno also stood out.
Stavros Vasilantonopulos and Nelson Oliveira accurately beat the AEK.
In the first place in group G with “ten points” is “City”, “Braga” has scored the same points, while “Zorya” follows with six points, but AEK has reached three points.
In the penultimate round of the AC Group H AC, Celtic won 4: 2 (2: 2) at home.
Tom Rogičs and Odson Eduārs had raised 2: 0 under the leadership of Celtic until the 14th minute. The first goal of the penalty area was an impressive goal, and the visitors’ defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. Eduārs was cleverly tucked in at the near post by Eduārs.
However, they were the only Celtic goal in this match, because only the Milanese stood out for the rest of the time. Ten minutes after the second “goal”, Hakan Chalhanoglu performed the standard situation accurately from about 20 meters. Meanwhile, in the 26th minute, Samu Kastiljeho was the first to hit the ball and reached a draw.
Jens Peters Hauge came close to putting the visiting team one up 82 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but Brahims Diass managed to tip the ball to a corner.
In another game of this group, “Lille” won Prague’s “Sparta” at home with 2: 1 (0: 0).
Burak Yilmaz stood out for Lille in the 80th and 84th minutes, while Ladislav Krejči scored the only Sparta goal in the 71st minute.
Ondrzej Celustka left the Sparta team with ten men in the 65th minute.
Lille have scored 11 points in five games, but the Milan club has one less, both of which are able to reach the playoffs. Sparta is third with six points, but Celtic has scored one point.
Elsewhere in Subgroup J, Tothenburg’s “Hotspur” away team played 3: 3 (1: 1) with the Linz LASK from Austria.
Peter Mihorls had a good try after 15 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide.
After 11 minutes of play in the second half, South Korean Honmins Sons scored 2: 1 in favor of Hotspur. The predominance was maintained until the 84th minute, when Johannes Egešteins stood out, but already three minutes later Dele Ali hit the “pendulum”. The home side was not prepared to give up, 3 minutes into the game.
In the second game of this group, “Antwerp” beat Razgrad’s “Ludogorets” from Bulgaria 3: 1 (1: 0) at home. Ricijs de Lāts scored a goal after 72 minutes.
Antwerp is the group leader with 12 points, while Hotspur follows with ten points. LASK has scored seven points, but “Ludogorets” is a beige.
The opponent of the Latvian championship team “Riga” in the first round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying tournament in the subgroup I of Tel Aviv “Maccabi” played a draw 1: 1 (1: 1) with Agdam “Qarabag” from Azerbaijan.
Jonathan Cohen put the guests in the lead after 22 minutes, but Haime Romero reached a draw 15 minutes later.
The Israeli team has earned eight points in five group tournament games and is in second place. The team has a real chance to reach the playoffs, as the closest followers of Sivasspor are two points behind.
The final will be held on May 26 this year in Gdansk, where the title match was supposed to take place last season, but due to the spread of Covid-19 was moved to Cologne. In a year, the finals are scheduled in Seville, and in 2023 – in Budapest.
Last year, in the final, “Sevilla” from Spain won the Milan “Inter” 3: 2.
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