Luhansk and Romanians played in Poland.
On Thursday, August 4, “Zorya” from Luhansk played its first match in the Conference League – in the third round of qualification of the tournament, the team met with the Romanian “University”. military aggression of Russia.
Luhansk residents played the match with an advantage, winning a minimal victory with a score of 1:0. 20-year-old Denys Nagnoiny scored the only goal in the match.
“Zorya” – “University” – 1:0
Goal: Nagnoiny, 55.
“Zorya”: Matsapura, Danchenko, Imerekov, Batagov, Vantukh, Churko (Mishnev, 78), Nazarina, Buletsa, Christian, Nagnoiny (Bezborodko , 81), Kabaev (Lunyov, 73).
It is worth noting that this was the first match of the new season for “Zorya”. During the off-season, the club changed its head coach – instead of Viktor Skrypnyk, who left for Vorskla, the former head of the Shakhtar academy, Patrick van Leeuwen, took over the team. , “Zorya” took fourth place.
The return game will take place in Romania on August 11. If the Lugano team passes the Romanians, they will play against the winner of the Lugano-Hapoel Be'er Sheva match in the play-off round of the Conference League.
The Conference League is only in its second season, and in the debut round of the UEFA tournament the victory was won by the Italian “Roma”.
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