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Vilnius “Žalgiris” will face a particularly tough challenge next week to continue the march towards the Champions League.
In the second stage of the selection of the elite European football tournament, the people of Žalgiris have a deficit of two goals, which the Budapest club formed during the first part of Tuesday’s match.
In green and white clothing, footballers from Ferencvara, who have a 122-year history and have become Hungarian champions 32 times, immediately began to show that they played in the Champions League group competition last season for accident.
In the 25th minute, Albanian striker Myrto Uzuni found himself at the top of the attack and disarmed Edvin Gertmon with a precise shot.
Born in Kenya but already making his debut for the Norwegian national team, Tokmac Nguen doubled the Hungarian club’s lead with a long shot in the 39th minute.
During the referee’s extra time, M.Uzuni had the opportunity to score the third goal for the hosts, when an 11-meter penalty was imposed on the Vilnius team’s goal due to Nemanja Ljubisavljevičius’ foul against Albania.
However, “Žalgiris” was rescued by E. Gertmonas, who blocked M.Uzuni’s blow.
The Budapest club, which has dominated the match, will bring a two-goal lead to Vilnius next week, which will require Vladimir Cheburin’s students to show much better football.
On Tuesday, at the Budapest stadium, the Hungarian club scored 17 goals and the Žalgiris team scored 7. The hosts scored the goal three times and the Vilnius team once.
After the first leg of the Champions League, Žalgiris’ Belfield players “Linfield” will play retaliation against “Ferencvaros” on July 27 at the LFF stadium.
The winner of this pair in the third stage of the Champions League will face the Czech champion “Slavia” from Prague.
The losing team will continue the fight in the Europa League tournament, where in the third qualifying round they will play against the strongest Slovenian team Murska Sobota “Mura” and the losing team of multiple Bulgarian champion Valdas Dambrauskas, Razgrad Ludogorec.
An even blacker night for other residents of Žalgiris
Three other Lithuanian football clubs continue their struggles in the lower-ranking Conference League tournament.
Kauno Žalgiris, who was the first to start the second leg, suffered an unexpected and painful 0: 5 crush from Welsh club The New Saints on Tuesday in Marijampolė.
VIDEO: Kaunas Žalgiris received a five-goal lesson from the Welsh club
The country’s vice-champion Marijampolė’s “Sūduva” will play “Rakow” from Czestochowa (Poland) on Thursday, and the winner of the “Panevėžys” cup will play “Vojvodina” (Serbia).
Results of the next Champions League qualifying match on Tuesday:
Yerevan “Alashkert” (Armenia) – Tiraspolio “Sheriff” (Moldova) 0: 1
Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar) – Cluj CFR (Romania; Arlauskis defended the goal the entire match) 1: 2
Zagreb Dynamo (Croatia) – Nicosia Omonia (Cyprus) 2: 0
Vienna Rapid (Austria) – Prague Sparta (Czech Republic) 2: 1
Glasgow Celtic (Scotland) – Midtjylland (Denmark) 1: 1.
VIDEO: Rokas Garastas after a crushing defeat: “After the first goal we broke and disturbed”
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