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In the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, there was a fantastic fight between Valdas Dambrauskas trained by Razgrad Ludogorec and Greek champion Piraeus Olympiacos.
The first duel of these teams in Greece ended on a level with a score of 1: 1, and an even fiercer match took place in Razgrade. Here the main time ended with a level result of 2: 2, and the winner was finally revealed only after a series of penalties, in which the Lithuanian students appeared without a problem.
Unlike the first meeting, Olympiacos started the second leg better. They were the first to make more serious chances, and finally the experienced midfielder Yannas M’Vila brought forward 31 minutes.
Olympiacos maintained this advantage until the break, but the situation changed already at the beginning of the second half. In the 49th minute, Ludogorec leveled when Olympiacos scored a goal after Pieros Sotiriou hit the ball.
Furthermore, Ludogorec won a penalty in the 57th minute and it was successfully done by P. Sotiriou himself. This is how the students of V. Dambrauskas came forward.
But they didn’t lead for long. Ten minutes later, a penalty was imposed on Ludogorec’s goal, which Olympiacos also carried out without reproach, as did striker Youssef El Arabi.
By matching the result, the passions in the square only grew, and even V. Dambrauskas was warned about passions and speeches. The coach saw the yellow card in 74 for a hard tackle at ground level.
At the end of time, Ludogorec had at least two great scoring chances, but a shot was blocked by the Olympiacos goalkeeper and the retry was inaccurate.
In the 86th minute, Ludogorec still gained a quantitative advantage. Olympiacos defender Ousseynou Ba received a second yellow card and had to leave the field. However, Ludogorec did not score in the remaining regulation time and, in the event of a tie, the teams had to play extra time. We just want to remind you that there have been no rules for the away goal since this season, so even though Ludogorec missed two goals at home, it didn’t mean anything, because the total score at 180 minutes was 3: 3.
During extra time, the teams stopped taking risks, played more defensive football, and apparently decided to clear their fate on a series of penalties.
As it turned out later, Ludogorec was right in this decision. The Bulgarian champions scored all four of their shots and Olympiacos made a mistake early on without scoring the first two penalties. On the first attempt, Mathieu Valbuena missed the goal and Koka’s second shot was blocked by Ludogorec goalkeeper Kristian Kahlina. This resulted in Ludogorec winning the penalty shootout 4: 1 and entering the final leg of the UEFA Champions League squad.
Ludogorec will fight Swedish champion Malmö, who defeated Glasgow Rangers 4: 2 in the third qualifying round (both matches ended 2: 1) in the third qualifying round.
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