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Santa Clara Defeats NK Varazdin in Europa Conference League Clash
Ponta Delgada, July 31, 2025 – In a match held at the Estádio de São Miguel, Santa Clara secured a crucial victory over NK Varazdin in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League. The home side, with 47% ball possession, displayed efficiency against a Varazdin side that dominated possession with 53%.
Santa Clara took an early lead in the 5th minute, thanks to a goal by Vinicius Lopes. The match continued intensely, marked by numerous fouls (17 by each team) and yellow cards: two for Santa Clara (Sidney Lima in the 44th minute, Matheus Pereira in the 63rd minute and F. Venancio in the 82nd minute) and four for NK Varazdin (T. Duvnjak in the 8th minute, I. Mamut in the 60th minute, M. Marina in the 60th minute and L. Belcar in the 72nd minute).
Despite having more shots off target (8) than Santa Clara, NK Varazdin only managed to get one shot on target, while Santa Clara, with three shots on target out of a total of six, was more effective. Gabriel Silva’s goal in the 68th minute, assisted by Vinicius Lopes, sealed the match in favor of the Portuguese team. Santa Clara generated 11 corners, far surpassing NK Varazdin’s 3.
Substitutions nk varazdin: at minute 46 T. Duvnjak came in and M. Marina went out., at minute 75 I. Mamut came in and I. Tavares went out., at minute 75 M. Barac came in and A. Borsic went out., at minute 75 M. Vuk came in and M. Dabro went out., at minute 84 A. Latkovic came in and M. Antunovic went out.
Substitutions santa clara: at minute 80 Serginho came in and P. Ferreira went out., at minute 80 Wendell came in and A. Carter went out., at minute 86 Gabriel Silva came in and Brenner went out., at minute 89 Vinicius Lopes came in and M. Araujo went out., at minute 89 Matheus Pereira came in and M. Pires went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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