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The Ukrainian football team Luhansk “Zorja” on Thursday lost in the second UEFA Europa League group stage match without Andrejs Cigaņiks on the field.
“Zorja” in Group G game at home with 1: 2 (0: 2) gave up “Braga” from Portugal, for which this was the second victory.
Cigaņiks spent about 15 minutes on the pitch in the last game, but he didn’t have another chance on Thursday.
“Braga” took the lead in the fourth minute, when Paulinju changed the direction of the ball in the penalty area opposite the goal. Seven minutes later, Nikolass Gaitans approached the penalty area and shortly before it started a strong shot, the ball ascending the goal into the goal.
The Portuguese dominated almost all of the game, but Zorja managed to score an honorable goal in the sixth minute of the compensation time. This was done with a long shot by Dmitro Ivaniseņa.
In another duel of this group, Leicester City won the Athens AEK with 2: 1 (2: 0).
The victory for the English team in the 39th minute was ensured by Hamza Chaudhuri, but in the 18th minute the “pendulum” was realized by Jamie Vardijs. Meanwhile, Muamer Tankovich reached AEK 1: 2 in the 49th minute.
After two rounds of play, “Braga” and “City” have scored six points, but “Zorja” and AEK are still in the beige.
The final will be held in Gdansk on May 26 this year, where the title match was supposed to take place last season, but due to the spread of Covid-19, it 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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