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Paphos lost 2-1 in Bulgaria and everything is open in the second leg of Limassol

Πλρωθη ασοχ μαελει πρκριη /></p> <p><strong>Paphos suffered a 2-1 defeat in Bulgaria against CSKA in the first game between them for the 3rd qualifying round of the Conference League.</strong></p> <p >The Paphos team started the match very well, as they took the lead in the 10th minute with Tankovic, but in a phase of inactivity in the 29th minute they conceded the equaliser.</p> <p>In the second half, he did not start the match well and conceded the second goal in the 50th minute after a penalty, while afterwards he did not have a similar good performance with the exception of the last quarter when he missed opportunities, but failed to score and accepted the defeat with 2 -1. But the said result leaves significant hopes for Paphos to claim qualification inside the “Alfamega” stadium in the second leg next week.</p> <p>First half</p> <p>In the first half, Paphos entered strongly with the aim of controlling the match, keeping the ball and threatening to reach the goal first.</p> <p>Carsedos' team threatened twice in the 7th and 9th with Tankovic was unable to beat Marinov.</p> <p>In the 10th minute, however, the persistence of the Pafos players bore fruit. After a shot by Zaza, Tankovic made it 1-0 for his team from close range with a spot kick.</p> <p>Paphos continued to control the match and in the 15th minute missed another opportunity after a pass from Zaza from the left and again, Nam's shot from outside the area, Marinov made a difficult save.</p> <p>Four minutes later in the 19th minute, Zairo threatened from the side with a shot, but again the goalkeeper of the Bulgarians declared himself present.</p> <p>And where Paphos was controlling the match, the goal came for CSKA. In one phase of the game, the home team equalized the match. Initially, the ball stopped on the post after Goldar was chased down, and then Ilievsky found himself in a shooting position, made the place from inside the area and scored 1-1.</p> <p>Then Paphos kept the ball and tried to find the second goal with their best chance in stoppage time, after Marinov's mistimed exit, but Zairo, who was there in the phase, failed to send the ball into the net.</p> <p>So the first half ended in a 1-1 draw.</p> <p>Second half</p> <p>In the second half, Paphos did not start well and conceded a second goal with the “good morning”. In the 48th minute, Lucassen brought down Ilievsky inside the area, with the referee showing the white arrow. In the 50th minute, Tallis made it 2-1 for CSKA with a well-placed penalty kick.</p> <p>After that, the pace of the match was down with Paphos not being able to threaten, especially Marinov's goal in the second half. .</p> <p>CSKA was controlling the match and in the 72nd minute reached the 3rd goal after a corner kick, but luckily for Pafos the goal was canceled by VAR for an offensive foul.</p> <p>In the last quarter, Paphos picked up the pace and in the 82nd minute missed a big chance after Dragomir's volley, but Marinov saved it.</p> <p>Two minutes later, another big chance was lost for Paphos, a ball from Peleus, a header of Goldar the ball hit the crossbar and out.</p> <p>Paphos applied pressure until the final whistle, but failed to equalize and lost 2-1, but with this result they can hope for qualification, as long as in the replay in Cyprus to present its best self and overturn the data against it.</p> <p>THE IDENTITY OF THE MATCH</p> <p>Paphos FC: Ivusic, Melouso (37' Peleas), Goldar, Nam , Lukasen, Pelagio (58' Valakari), Dragomir, Tankovic, Zaza (58' Korea), Bruno (79' Anderson), Zairo (79' Sunic).</p> <p>CSKA Sofia 1948: Marinov, Furtanov, Ivanov, Chenov, Rapnuil, Piskevich, Daskalov, Karagaren (77' Bouzon), Tialis (77' Umarbaev), Kirillov, Ilievksi (83' Zeka).</p> <p>Scorers: 29' Ilievsky, 50' Talis/10' Tankovich</p> <p>Referee: Shurman (Ukraine)</p> <p>Video Assistant Referee (VAR): Viktor Kopiievskyi UKR</p> <p>In2bet sponsor</p> <p> p><br /> <noindex></p> <div class=Source: www.kathimerini.com.cy

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