One of the most famous and richest names in Turkish football will try the Lithuanian champions “Kauno Žalgiris” footballers for the second time on Thursday.
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After “Beşiktaş” won the first UEFA Europa League qualifying match held in Istanbul last week 3:0, the second meeting will take place at the Darius and Girėnas stadium in Kaunas.
The budgets of the Lithuanian and Turkish teams differ by several dozen times, but that does not mean that the opponents are unbeatable for Žalgiris.
This was demonstrated by the modest “Alanyaspor” team by Turkish football standards, which on Sunday defeated the “Beşiktaş” club 1:0 at home in the national championship match and recorded its first defeat this season after six consecutive wins.
It is estimated that the Alanya team, which finished eleventh in the “Super Lig” last season, pays its players less than 10 million euros in salaries. For comparison, “Beşiktaş” total expenses exceed 100 million, while “Kauno Žalgiris” has a total budget of about 5 million euros and spends about half of it on player salaries.
We remind you that the return match between “Kauno Žalgiris” and “Beşiktaş” will be played on Thursday at 8 p.m. The winner of this pair will advance to the Europa League, and the loser will play in the UEFA Conference League.
