Levski and Sabah teams competed against each other in the third round of the Conference League qualifying stage. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
The match took place at the "Georgi Asparuhov" stadium in Sofia. At the beginning of the game, Levski player Marin Petkov aimed for the goal with a free kick, forcing the goalkeeper to stay alert.
Sabah team member Stiv Solve broke through the center and made an accurate pass to Jo-Lens Mikels. Mikels entered the penalty area, deceived the opposing defender, but his shot went just wide of the goalpost.
Gashper Trdin took a powerful shot from the central area, but the goalkeeper deflected the ball out for a corner. In the second half, Levski launched a positional attack.
Karl Fabyan made a pass from the left flank to Trdin. Trdin directed the ball towards the goal, but the goal was disallowed as Fabyan was in an offside position earlier.
The home team got a bit confused in defense, and Mikels took a shot from the penalty area line, but the ball went out through the goalkeeper. Rildo headed a ball sent from the left flank towards the goal, but the goalkeeper saved his team again.
In the 90th minute of the match, Maziirre Sula lifted a corner kick from the right flank. Borislav Rupanov scored with a precise header into the near corner of the goal, bringing victory to the Levski team.
The match ended with a score of 1:0. The return match will take place in a week.
