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In just over a month, CSKA closed the Europa League round. The Reds achieved a great victory in Switzerland – 3: 1 over Basel. Losing 0: 3 to Young Boys, again in this country. In these two games we saw both sides of the team. For years CSKA had not crushed such a great rival on the Old Continent as it did in Basel. After the goal of the “blue-reds” in the field, there was only one team: the Bulgarian. It was this feat that generated excessive expectations in many fans and professionals. In the journalists, in me personally. Precisely because I hadn’t seen such a CSKA game on foreign soil in Europe for at least a decade. The sad night of Bern will come, which brought us back to reality. The landing was difficult and painful.
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In the immediate aftermath of the success of St. Jacob Park Stadium, former coach Stamen Belchev said the goal has been met and that everything in the group stage will be an advantage. Captain Valentin Antov repeated it a few days later. We wanted it to be more than a bonus. But unfortunately it is … Olimpico’s bonus could have turned into a bigger prize if CSKA had been a little more precise in attack. The match with Cluj was played at a decent level, despite the loss at home. Especially in the first half. To get to the first in Bern, what I can define is just one word: chaos! He was sure that the artificial field would be a great inconvenience for CSKA. It turned out to be so. It is an honor for everyone in the club that they do not justify themselves with that. When you concede three goals in 32 minutes, it can’t just be for the field. But even Barcelona came close to being eliminated by fans for the Copa del Rey last season. Precisely because of the artificial terrain. The culés seemed to be practicing some other sport in the party in question. They were saved by two late goals and flashes from Antoine Griezmann.
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But with such individual errors in defense and in midfield, when Yunus Sankare became entangled between three, his ball was easily taken away from him and then he dropped a goal without scoring a goal in three consecutive group matches, you can’t even think that you still have a chance to move on to direct eliminations. At least not for the moment. Here’s the reality: there is no way a Bulgarian team can achieve feat after feat against very strong and well-organized opponents. BATE, Basel, Roma and Young Boys are like that. And CSKA did something great with the elimination of the great of Ukraine and the “blue-reds”.
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The breakthrough is Europe is a fact! CSKA provided their fans with unforgettable nights. Most of them realize and live in reality, not with excessive expectations. Only when we saw what kind of stadium Young Boys has, even if it is artificial grass, how many people work for the club, what young and good players they have, how everything is on a different level, much higher than the Bulgarian (in general), So I wonder what to ask for more from CSKA? We can’t ask for anything more than a goal in the groups (finally) and a win in the next three games, with Young Boys and Roma in Sofia, as well as Cluj in Romania. This must be a “maximum” schedule to have an update. Because in their three previous group stage appearances, the “Army” recorded a victory twice and a draw only once. Now there is equality, we hope for success. Everything else will not be just a bonus, but a new escape from reality.
And should we ruin Valyo Antov?
We all make mistakes, the most normal thing is that young people do
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