English:
Tight Match in Braga Decided in Extra Time
Braga, Portugal – In a closely contested match held at the Estádio Municipal de Braga on July 31st, as part of the 2nd Qualifying Round of the 2025 UEFA Europa League, SC Braga defeated Levski Sofia in a game that went to extra time. The match, officiated by Lothar D’hondt from Belgium, was characterized by its intensity and several cautions, with three yellow cards shown to the Bulgarian team.
The decisive goal came in the 104th minute, scored by F. Navarro, assisted by S. Vidigal. However, Levski Sofia’s joy was short-lived when a goal by Rildo was disallowed for offside after a VAR review in the 106th minute.
SC Braga and Levski Sofia engaged in a tight battle, with both teams vying for control of the game, evidenced by the balanced possession statistics. The visitors accumulated 3 yellow cards. Despite their attempts, Braga’s defense managed to keep a clean sheet for most of the match.
Substitutions levski sofia: at minute 65 Everton Bala came in and K. Fabien went out., at minute 76 M. Petkov came in and Rildo went out., at minute 76 R. Kirilov came in and F. Lima went out., at minute 87 G. Trdin came in and A. Mitkov went out., at minute 100 G. Kostadinov came in and Tsunami went out., at minute 100 A. Neves came in and O. Kamdem went out.
Substitutions sc braga: at minute 70 R. Fernandes came in and S. Vidigal went out., at minute 79 S. Niakate came in and V. Gomez went out., at minute 79 R. Zalazar came in and F. Navarro went out., at minute 91 P. Oliveira came in and B. Arrey-Mbi went out., at minute 91 Vitor Carvalho came in and L. Lelo went out., at minute 103 G. Lagerbielke came in and Y. da Rocha went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
SC Braga
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Levski Sofia
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