Azerbaijan champion Baku “Sabah”, coached by Valdas Dambrauskas, unfortunately lost 1:2 away to Israel’s Beer Sheva “Hapoel” team.
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This match took place in the Romanian capital Bucharest.
In the 6th minute, after a great pass from the right flank, “Sabah” Serbian Veljko Simić scored with a header.
At the end of the half, the nominal hosts managed to equalize when, after a ricochet, the ball comfortably bounced to Jamaican Javon East.
In the 79th minute, the Israeli champions scored the winning goal – after a corner, Serbian Igor Zlatanović scored with a header.
The return match will take place in a week in the Azerbaijani capital Baku.
Slovenian champion “Celje” with three Lithuanians Armandas Kučys, Artemijus Tutyškinas, and Pijus Širvys have very good chances to advance to the main stage.
The Slovenians held a 1:1 draw away against Bratislava “Slovan”, and all three Lithuanians played in “Celje”‘s starting lineup.
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In the 15th minute, Roman Cerepkaič put “Slovan” ahead, but in the 41st minute, Kosovo representative Milot Avdyli equalized with an impressive long-range shot.
A. Kučys played until the 58th minute, P. Širvys suffered an injury and was substituted in the 78th minute, while A. Tutyškinas played the entire match.
The return match will take place in Slovenia in a week.
Strong steps towards the main stage were taken by Glasgow “Celtic” and “Bodo/Glimt” clubs.
The Scottish club, increasingly linked with Lithuanian national team leader Gvidas Gineitis, comfortably defeated Linz LASK from Austria 3:0 at home.
The Norwegians also crushed their opponents 3:1, winning away against “Nijmegen” from the Netherlands.
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